Cellana rota

Cellana rota
	Five views of a shell of Cellana rota
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Patellogastropoda
Family:	Nacellidae
Genus:	Cellana
Species:	C. rota
Binomial name
	Cellana rota; (Gmelin, 1791) [1]
Synonyms
	Acmaea chathamensis Pilsbry, 1891; Helcioniscus rota (Gmelin, 1791); Patella aster Reeve, 1855; Patella karachiensis Winckworth, 1930; Patella pharaonis Jousseaume, 1888; Patella rota Gmelin, 1791 (original combination); Patella variegata Reeve, 1842 (invalid: junior homonym of Patella variegata Röding, 1798, and P. variegata Blainville, 1825);

Cellana rota is a species of true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Nacellidae, one of the families of true limpets.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Bouchet, P. (2014). Cellana rota (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=707486 on 2014-10-29

Christiaens J. (1986) Notes sur quelques Patellidae (Gastropoda) de l'Océan Indien. Apex 1(4): 97-127
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