Helcion pectunculus
| Helcion pectunculus | |
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| Five views of a shell of Helcion pectunculus (Gmelin, 1791) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Patellogastropoda |
| Family: | Patellidae |
| Genus: | Helcion |
| Species: | H. pectunculus |
| Binomial name | |
| Helcion pectunculus (Gmelin, 1791) | |
Helcion pectunculus[1], common name the prickly 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.[2]
Description
Distribution
Its mostly present around southern coast of africa. Its a marine species.[3]
References
- ^ Linné, Carl von; Linné, Carl von; Gmelin, Johann Friedrich (1788). Caroli a Linné. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae : secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Vol. Tom. 1 Pars. 6 (Ed. 13., aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin. ed.). Lipsiae: impensis Georg. Emanuel. Beer.
- ^ Helcion pectunculus (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 April 2010.
- ^ "MolluscaBase - Helcion pectunculus (Gmelin, 1791)". www.molluscabase.org. Retrieved 29 July 2025.