Cellana strigilis strigilis
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Cellana strigilis strigilis is a species
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...

 of large limpet
Limpet
Limpet is a common name for a number of different kinds of saltwater and freshwater snails ; it is applied to those snails that have a simple shell which is more or less conical in shape, and either is not spirally coiled, or appears not to be coiled in the adult snails.The name limpet is most...

, a marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...

 gastropod mollusc in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 Nacellidae
Nacellidae
Nacellidae is a taxonomic family of sea snails or true limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Patellogastropoda.Nacellidae is the only family in the superfamily Nacelloidea...

, one of the families of true limpets.

Subspecies

Subspecies within this species as listed by Powell 1979 include:
  • Cellana strigilis strigilis, the nominate subspecies
  • Cellana strigilis bollonsi
    Cellana strigilis bollonsi
    Cellana strigilis bollonsi is a subspecies of large limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Patellidae, one of the families of true limpets.-References:* Powell A. W. B., William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1...

  • Cellana strigilis chathamensis
    Cellana strigilis chathamensis
    Cellana strigilis chathamensis is a subspecies of large limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Patellidae, one of the families of true limpets.-References:...

  • Cellana strigilis flemingi
    Cellana strigilis flemingi
    Cellana strigilis flemingi is a subspecies of large limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Patellidae, one of the families of true limpets.-References:* Powell A. W. B., William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1...

  • Cellana strigilis oliveri
    Cellana strigilis oliveri
    Cellana strigilis oliveri is a subspecies of large limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Patellidae, one of the families of true limpets.-References:* Powell A. W. B., William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1...

  • Cellana strigilis redimiculum
    Cellana strigilis redimiculum
    Cellana strigilis redimiculum is a subspecies of large limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Nacellidae.-References:* Powell A. W. B., William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1...

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