Scutellastra flexuosa

Scutellastra flexuosa is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Patellidae, one of the families of true limpets.

Scutellastra flexuosa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Patellogastropoda
Superfamily:	Patelloidea
Family:	Patellidae
Genus:	Scutellastra
Species:	S. flexuosa
Binomial name
Scutellastra flexuosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
Synonyms
Patella (Ancistromesus) stellaeformis Reeve, 1842 Patella (Scutellastra) stellaeformis Reeve, 1842 Patella alba Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841 (invalid: junior homonym of Patella alba da Costa, 1771) Patella cretacea Reeve, 1854 Patella flexuosa Quoy & Gaimard, 1834 Patella moreli Deshayes, 1863 Patella paumotensis Gould, 1846 Patella stellaeformis Reeve, 1842 Patella stellaeformis tuamutuensis Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1933 Patella tara Prashad & Rao, 1934 Penepatella inquisitor Iredale, 1929 (junior synonym)

Description

The length of the shell attains 25.4 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Mauritius and Vanikoro (Solomon Island).

ventral view

References

• 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.

External links

• Quoy, J. R. C. & Gaimard, J. P. (1832-1835). Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe : exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie.
• Reeve, L. A. (1841-1842). Conchologia Systematica, or complete system of conchology; in which the Lepades and conchiferous Mollusca are described and classified according to their natural organization and habits. Longman, Brown, Green, & Longman's, London. Vol. 1: 1-195, pls 1-129; Vol. 2: 1-338, pls 130-300
• Deshayes, G. P. (1863). Catalogue des mollusques de l'île de la Réunion (Bourbon). Pp. 1-144. In Maillard, L. (Ed.) Notes sur l'Ile de la Réunion. Dentu, Paris
• Reeve, L. A. (1854-1855). Monograph of the genus Patella. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 8, pls 1-42 and unpaginated tex. L. Reeve & Co., London.
• Gould, A.A. 1846. New shells, collected by the United States Exploring Expedition, and belong to the genus Patella. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 2: 148-152
• Iredale, T. (1929). Queensland molluscan notes, No. 1. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 9(3): 261-297, pls 30-31
• Hombron, J. B. & Jacquinot, C. H. (1841). Description de quelques mollusques provenant de la campagne de l'Astrolabe et de la Zélée. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, ser. 2, Zoologie. 16: 62-65, 190-192
• Koufopanou, V., Reid, D.G., Ridgeway, S.A., & Thomas, R.H. (1999). A molecular phylogeny of the patellid limpets (Gastropoda: Patellidae) and its implications for the origins of their antitropical distribution. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 11(1): 138-156

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