Cellana eucosmia

Cellana eucosmia is a species of limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Nacellidae.[1]

Cellana eucosmia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Patellogastropoda
Family: Nacellidae
Genus: Cellana
Species:
C. eucosmia
Binomial name
Cellana eucosmia
(Pilsbry, 1891)
Synonyms
  • Helcioniscus eucosmia Pilsbry, 1892 (original combination)
  • Patella variegata Reeve, 1854 (invalid: junior homonym of Patella variegata Röding, 1798, and several others)

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Tanzania.

References

  1. Cellana eucosmia (Pilsbry, 1891). WoRMS (2010). Cellana eucosmia (Pilsbry, 1891). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207650 on 16 June 2010 .
  • Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
  • Nakano & Ozawa (2007). Worldwide phylogeography of limpets of the order Patellogastropoda: Molecular, morphological and palaeontological evidence. Journal of Molluscan Studies 73(1) 79-99.


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