Scutellastra flexuosa

Scutellastra flexuosa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Patellogastropoda
Superfamily:	Patelloidea
Family:	Patellidae
Genus:	Scutellastra
Species:	S. flexuosa
Binomial name
Scutellastra flexuosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
Synonyms
Patella (Ancistromesus) stellaeformis Reeve, 1842 Patella (Scutellastra) stellaeformis Reeve, 1842 Patella alba Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841 (invalid: junior homonym of Patella alba da Costa, 1771) Patella cretacea Reeve, 1854 Patella flexuosa Quoy & Gaimard, 1834 Patella moreli Deshayes, 1863 Patella paumotensis Gould, 1846 Patella stellaeformis Reeve, 1842 Patella stellaeformis tuamutuensis Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1933 Patella tara Prashad & Rao, 1934 Penepatella inquisitor Iredale, 1929 (junior synonym)

Scutellastra flexuosa is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Patellidae, one of the families of true limpets.

Description

The length of the shell attains 25.4 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Mauritius and Vanikoro (Solomon Island).

ventral view

References

• Nakano T. & Ozawa T. (2007). Worldwide phylogeography of limpets of the order Patellogastropoda: molecular, morphological and paleontological evidence. Journal of Molluscan Studies 73(1): 79–99.

External links

• Quoy, J. R. C. & Gaimard, J. P. (1832-1835). Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe : exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie.
• Reeve, L. A. (1841-1842). Conchologia Systematica, or complete system of conchology; in which the Lepades and conchiferous Mollusca are described and classified according to their natural organization and habits. Longman, Brown, Green, & Longman's, London. Vol. 1: 1-195, pls 1-129; Vol. 2: 1-338, pls 130-300
• Deshayes, G. P. (1863). Catalogue des mollusques de l'île de la Réunion (Bourbon). Pp. 1-144. In Maillard, L. (Ed.) Notes sur l'Ile de la Réunion. Dentu, Paris
• Reeve, L. A. (1854-1855). Monograph of the genus Patella. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 8, pls 1-42 and unpaginated tex. L. Reeve & Co., London.
• Gould, A.A. 1846. New shells, collected by the United States Exploring Expedition, and belong to the genus Patella. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 2: 148-152
• Iredale, T. (1929). Queensland molluscan notes, No. 1. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 9(3): 261-297, pls 30-31
• Hombron, J. B. & Jacquinot, C. H. (1841). Description de quelques mollusques provenant de la campagne de l'Astrolabe et de la Zélée. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, ser. 2, Zoologie. 16: 62-65, 190-192
• Koufopanou, V., Reid, D.G., Ridgeway, S.A., & Thomas, R.H. (1999). A molecular phylogeny of the patellid limpets (Gastropoda: Patellidae) and its implications for the origins of their antitropical distribution. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 11(1): 138-156

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