Cymbula safiana
Cymbula safiana, common name the saffian limpet, is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Patellidae, one of the families of true limpets.[1]
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(unranked): | clade Patellogastropoda |
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Species: | C. nigra |
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Cymbula nigra (da Costa, 1771) | |
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Description
The size of the shell varies between 25 mm and 120 mm.
Distribution
This marine species has a wide distribution ranging from the Mediterranean Sea to Angola
References
- Bouchet, P. (2014). Cymbula safiana (Lamarck, 1819). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456662 on 31 October 2014
- 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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