Scutellastra tabularis

Scutellastra tabularis 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]

Scutellastra tabularis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Patellogastropoda
Superfamily:
Patelloidea
Family:
Patellidae
Genus:
Scutellastra
Species:
S. tabularis
Binomial name
Scutellastra tabularis
(Krauss, 1848)
Synonyms
  • Patella (Scutellastra) tabularis Krauss, 1848
  • Patella tabularis Krauss, 1848 (original combination)

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the south coast of South Africa.

Scutellastra tabularis, ventral view

References
  1. Scutellastra tabularis (Krauss, 1848). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 April 2010.
  • Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp. page(s): 38
  • Koufopanou et al. (1999). A molecular phylogeny of the patellid limpets (Gastropoda: Patellidae) and its implications for the origins of their antitropical distribution Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 11(1):138-156


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