Scutus antipodes
| Scutus antipodes | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Fissurelloidea |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Genus: | Scutus |
| Species: | S. antipodes |
| Binomial name | |
| Scutus antipodes Montfort, 1817 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Scutus elongatus (Blainville, 1817) | |
Scutus antipodes is a species of large sea snail or limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1]
Distribution
S. antipodes is endemic to the waters off eastern Australia and Tasmania.[2]
References
- 1 2 Scutus antipodes Montfort, 1817. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
- ↑ Oliver, A.P.H. (2004). Guide to Seashells of the World. Buffalo: Firefly Books. 24.
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