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]

Scutus elongatus (Blainville, 1817)

Scutus antipodes is a large species of marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1] S. antipodes is endemic to the waters off eastern Australia and Tasmania.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Scutus antipodes Montfort, 1817.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
  2. Oliver, A.P.H. (2004). Guide to Seashells of the World. Buffalo: Firefly Books. 24.


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