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Scutellastra natalensis

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Species of gastropod

Scutellastra natalensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Patellogastropoda
Family: Patellidae
Genus: Scutellastra
Species: S. natalensis
Binomial name
Scutellastra natalensis
(Krauss, 1848)
Synonyms
  • Patella echinulata F. Krauss, 1848
  • Patella natalensis Krauss, 1848

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

Description

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Distribution

This species occurs in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Scutellastra natalensis (F. Krauss, 1848). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=820148 on 2021-12-18
  • Ridgway T.M., Branch G.M., Stewart B.A. (1999). Patella natalensis Krauss, 1848: re-description of an unrecognized limpet from the east coast of South Africa. Journal of Molluscan Studies 65:139–142.
  • Ridgway, T.M., Stewart, B.A., Branch, G.M. & Hodgson, A.N. (1998). Morphological and genetic differentiation of Patella granularis (Gastropoda: Patellidae): recognition of two sibling species along the coast of southern Africa. Journal of Zoology, London. 245: 317–333
  • Branch G., Griffiths C., Branch M. & Beckley L. (2016). Two Oceans, ed. 4. Cape Town: Struik Nature. 464 pp.

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Taxon identifiers
Scutellastra natalensis
Patella natalensis


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