Cellana rota

Cellana rota is a species of true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Nacellidae, one of the families of true limpets.[1]

Cellana rota
Five views of a shell of Cellana rota
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Patellogastropoda
Superfamily:
Lottioidea
Family:
Nacellidae
Genus:
Cellana
Species:
C. rota
Binomial name
Cellana rota
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]
  • Acmaea chathamensis Pilsbry, 1891
  • Helcioniscus rota (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Patella aster Reeve, 1855
  • Patella karachiensis Winckworth, 1930
  • Patella pharaonis Jousseaume, 1888
  • Patella rota Gmelin, 1791 (original combination)
  • Patella variegata Reeve, 1842 (invalid: junior homonym of Patella variegata Röding, 1798, and P. variegata Blainville, 1825)

References
  1. Bouchet, P. (2014). Cellana rota (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=707486 on 2014-10-29
  • Christiaens J. (1986) Notes sur quelques Patellidae (Gastropoda) de l'Océan Indien. Apex 1(4): 97-127
  • CIESM info
Two more shells of the species
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