Scutellastra flexuosa

Scutellastra 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.[1]

Scutellastra flexuosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Patellogastropoda
Superfamily:
Patelloidea
Family:
Patellidae
Genus:
Scutellastra
Species:
S. flexuosa
Binomial name
Scutellastra flexuosa
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
Synonyms
  • Patella flexuosa Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
  • Patella stellaeformis Reeve, 1842
  • Scutellastra optima (Pilsbry, 1904)

Subspecies
  • Patella flexuosa flexuosa Quoy & Gaimard, 1834 in 1832–35
  • Patella flexuosa optima Pilsbry, 1927

Distribution
ventral view

References
  1. Scutellastra flexuosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 April 2010.


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