Scutus rueppelli

Scutus rueppelli
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Clade:	Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:	Fissurelloidea
Family:	Fissurellidae
Genus:	Scutus
Species:	S. rueppelli
Binomial name
*Scutus rueppelli* (Philippi, 1851) ^[1]
Synonyms^[2]
Parmophorus rueppeli Philippi, 1851 Scutus savignyi Pallary, 1926 Scutus unguis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Scutus rueppelli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.^[2]

Original spelling Rüppeli, with reference to "Rüppel et Leuck. Atlas 1828", thus indicating that the specific epithet is named after Eduard Rüppell (1794-1884).

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Red Sea.

References

↑ Philippi, R.A. (1849-1851) Centuria quarta testaceorum novorum. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie 6(2): 27–32 [May 1849]; 6(3): 32-35 [July 1849]; 8(2): 29-32 [June 1851]; 8(3): 39-48 [July 1851]; 8(4): 49-64 [15 July 1851]; 8(5): 65-74 [July 1851]. [Second issue (July 1849) entitled in error "Centuria tertia" and species numbered 118-122 instead of 18-22] page(s): 89
1 2 WoRMS (2012). Scutus rueppelli (Philippi, 1851). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492553 on 2012-12-31

Zuschin, Janssen, Baal - Gastropods and their habitats from the northern red Sea, Part I Patellogastropoda, Vetigastropoda, Cycloneritimorpha.pdf Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 111 A 73-158, Wien April 2009

External links

External identifiers for Scutus rueppelli
Encyclopedia of Life	17245024
WoRMS	492553

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