Cellana taitensis

Cellana taitensis is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[1]

Cellana taitensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Naticoidea
Family:
Lottioidea
Genus:
Cellana
Species:
C. taitensis
Binomial name
Cellana taitensis
(Röding, 1798)
Synonyms[1]
  • Patella tahitica Curtiss, 1938
  • Tectura tahitensis Pease, 1868

Description

The shell size varies between 23 mm and 30 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed along French Polynesia and Pitcairn

References
  1. Cellana taitensis (Röding, 1798). WoRMS (2010). Cellana taitensis (Röding, 1798). 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=456654 on 31 October 2010 .
  • Nakano & Ozawa (2007). Worldwide phylogeography of limpets of the order Patellogastropoda: Molecular, morphological and palaeontological evidence. Journal of Molluscan Studies 73(1) 79-99
  • "Cellana taitensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 31 October 2010.


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