Cellana radians

Cellana radians
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Patellogastropoda
Superfamily:	Lottioidea
Family:	Nacellidae
Genus:	Cellana
Species:	C. radians
Binomial name
Cellana radians (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms
Cellana radians perana Iredale, 1915 Helcioniscus radians Suter, 1913 Nacella flexuosa Hutton, 1873 Patella antipodum E.A. Smith, 1874 Patella argentea Quoy and Gaimard, 1834 Patella argyropsis Lesson, 1830 Patella decora Philippi, 1849 Patella earlii Reeve, 1855 Patella flexuosa Hutton, 1873 Patella morio Noodt, 1819 Patella olivacea Hutton, 1882 Patella pholidota Lesson, 1830 Patella radians Gmelin, 1791 Patella radiatilis Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841

Cellana radians, common name the golden limpet, is a species of true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Nacellidae, which is one of the true limpet families.

Description

The foot and the head are lightly colored whereas Cellana flava has darker colored soft tissues.

Drawing of the shell of Cellana radians. Dorsal view, lateral view (left side) and ventral view. Head region is on the left.

The orange shell exhibits different morphological varieties, even in the same location. The shell can be grayish white on the outside with rather flat ribs that are somewhat darker. Its interior is iridescent and white, with gray muscle impressions. The apex is off-center and sometimes worn off.

Ecology

Cellana radians is found on rocks and other hard substrates in the littoral and sublittoral zones of the seas around New Zealand and Australia.^[1]

References

• Nakano T. & Ozawa T. (2007). Worldwide phylogeography of limpets of the order Patellogastropoda: molecular, morphological and paleontological evidence. Journal of Molluscan Studies 73(1): 79–99

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  Cellana radians, apical view
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  Cellana radians, ventral view
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  Cellana radians earlii, apical view
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  Cellana radians earlii, ventral view
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  Cellana radians perana, apical view
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  Cellana radians perana, ventral view