Cellana toreuma is a species of limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nacellidae.[1][2]

Cellana toreuma
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Patellogastropoda
Family: Nacellidae
Genus: Cellana
Species:
C. toreuma
Binomial name
Cellana toreuma
(Reeve, 1854)
Synonyms[1]
  • Patella toreuma Reeve, 1854 (original combination)

Distribution

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Mainly distributed in South Korea, Mainland China, Taiwan,[3] Japan,[1] Ryukyu and Vietnam.[4]

Parasite

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This species is the ectoparasitic host of Philoblenna tumida Ho, 1981[1]

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apical view of the shell
 
ventral view of the shell

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Cellana toreuma (Reeve, 1854)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2016-11-10.
  2. ^ "Cellana toreuma". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). 42758.
  3. ^ "国际贝库:花笠螺" [International shell base: Cellana toreuma] (in Traditional Chinese). Retrieved 2009-08-11.
  4. ^ "Cellana toreuma".
  • Nakano T. & Ozawa T. (2007). Worldwide phylogeography of limpets of the order Patellogastropoda: molecular, morphological and paleontological evidence. Journal of Molluscan Studies 73(1): 79–99.
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