Scutus rueppelli

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

Scutus rueppelli
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Scutus
Species:
S. rueppelli
Binomial name
Scutus rueppelli
(Philippi, 1851) [1]
Synonyms[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

  1. 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
  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


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