Cellana vitiensis

Cellana vitiensis is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nacellidae, the true limpets.[1]

Cellana vitiensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Lottioidea
Family:
Nacellidae
Genus:
Cellana
Species:
C. vitiensis
Binomial name
Cellana vitiensis
Powell, 1973
Synonyms[1]
  • Cellana sagitatta (Gould, 1846)
  • Patella sagittata Gould, 1846 (invalid: junior homonym of Patella sagittata Donovan, 1820; Cellana vitiensis is a replacement name)

References
  1. Bouchet, P. (2014). Cellana vitiensis Powell, 1973. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531785 on 2014-10-30
  • Powell A.W.B. (1973). The patellid limpets of the world (Patellidae). Indo-Pacific Mollusca, 3(15):75-206.


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