Scutellastra
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Scutellastra is a genus
of sea snail
s with gills, typical true limpet
s, marine
gastropod mollusks in the family
Patellidae
, the true limpets.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
s with gills, typical true 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...
s, 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 mollusks 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...
Patellidae
Patellidae
Patellidae is a taxonomic family of sea snails or true limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Patellogastropoda.Patellidae is the only family in the superfamily Patelloidea...
, the true limpets.
Species
Species within the genus Scutellastra include:- Scutellastra aphanesScutellastra aphanesScutellastra aphanes is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Patellidae, one of the families of true limpets.-Distribution:...
(Robson, 1986) - Scutellastra argenvilleiScutellastra argenvilleiScutellastra argenvillei is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Patellidae, one of the families of true limpets.-Distribution:...
(Krauss, 1848) - Scutellastra barbaraScutellastra barbaraScutellastra barbara is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Patellidae, one of the families of true limpets.-Distribution:...
(Linnaeus, 1758) - Scutellastra chapmaniScutellastra chapmaniScutellastra chapmani is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Patellidae, one of the families of true limpets.-Distribution:...
(Tenison-Woods, 1875) - Scutellastra cochlearScutellastra cochlearScutellastra cochlear is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Patellidae, one of the families of true limpets....
(Born, 1778) - Scutellastra exustaScutellastra exustaScutellastra exusta is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Patellidae, one of the families of true limpets....
(Reeve, 1854) - Scutellastra flexuosaScutellastra flexuosaScutellastra flexuosa is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Patellidae, one of the families of true limpets.-Subspecies:* Patella flexuosa flexuosa Quoy & Gaimard, 1834 in 1832-35...
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) - Scutellastra granularisScutellastra granularisScutellastra granularis is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Patellidae, one of the families of true limpets.-Distribution:...
(Linnaeus, 1758) - Scutellastra kermadecensisScutellastra kermadecensisScutellastra kermadecensis is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Patellidae, one of the families of true limpets....
(Pilsbry, 1894) - Scutellastra laticostataScutellastra laticostataScutellastra laticostata is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Patellidae, one of the families of true limpets....
(Blainville, 1825) - Scutellastra longicostaScutellastra longicostaScutellastra longicosta is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Patellidae, one of the families of true limpets.-Distribution:...
(Lamarck, 1819) - Scutellastra mexicanaScutellastra mexicanaScutellastra mexicana is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Patellidae, one of the families of true limpets....
(Broderip & G.B. Sowerby I, 1829) - Scutellastra miliarisScutellastra miliarisScutellastra miliaris is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Patellidae, one of the families of true limpets....
(Philippi, 1848) - Scutellastra obtectaScutellastra obtectaScutellastra obtecta is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Patellidae, one of the families of true limpets....
(Krauss, 1848) - Scutellastra peroniiScutellastra peroniiScutellastra peronii is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Patellidae, one of the families of true limpets....
(Blainville, 1825) - Scutellastra tabularisScutellastra tabularisScutellastra tabularis is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Patellidae, one of the families of true limpets.-Distribution:...
(Krauss, 1848) - Scutellastra tucopianaScutellastra tucopianaScutellastra tucopiana is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Patellidae, one of the families of true limpets....
Powell, 1925