Cellana eucosmia

Cellana eucosmia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Patellogastropoda
Family: Nacellidae
Genus: Cellana
Species:
C. eucosmia
Binomial name
Cellana eucosmia
(Pilsbry, 1891)
Synonyms
  • Helcioniscus eucosmia Pilsbry, 1892 (original combination)
  • Patella variegata Reeve, 1854 (invalid: junior homonym of Patella variegata Röding, 1798, and several others)

Cellana eucosmia is a species of limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Nacellidae.[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Tanzania.

References

  1. ^ Cellana eucosmia (Pilsbry, 1891). WoRMS (2010). Cellana eucosmia (Pilsbry, 1891). 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=207650 on 16 June 2010 .
  • Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
  • Nakano & Ozawa (2007). Worldwide phylogeography of limpets of the order Patellogastropoda: Molecular, morphological and palaeontological evidence. Journal of Molluscan Studies 73(1) 79-99.


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