Scutellastra is a genus of sea snails with gills, typical true limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Patellidae, the true limpets.[2]
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| shell of Scutellastra granularis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Patellogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Patelloidea |
| Family: | Patellidae |
| Genus: | Scutellastra H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854[1] |
| Type species | |
| Patella plicata Born, 1778
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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In Branch et al. 2002, Scutellastra is mentioned as a genus while according to Vaught it is actually a subgenus. All species listed in Branch et al. as belonging to the genus of Scutellastra were not entered into the database under this genus, but were directly placed under Patella (Scutellastra) - being the right taxonomic classification according to Vaught.[2]
Species
editSpecies within the genus Scutellastra include:[3]
- Scutellastra aphanes (Robson, 1986)
- Scutellastra argenvillei (Krauss, 1848)
- † Scutellastra aurorae (C. A. Fleming, 1973)
- Scutellastra barbara (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Scutellastra chapmani (Tenison-Woods, 1875)
- Scutellastra cochlear (Born, 1778)
- † Scutellastra cooperi Powell, 1938
- Scutellastra exusta (Reeve, 1854)
- Scutellastra flexuosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
- Scutellastra granularis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Scutellastra kermadecensis (Pilsbry, 1894)
- Scutellastra laticostata (Blainville, 1825)
- Scutellastra longicosta (Lamarck, 1819)
- Scutellastra mexicana (Broderip & G.B. Sowerby I, 1829)
- Scutellastra miliaris (Philippi, 1848)
- Scutellastra natalensis (F. Krauss, 1848)
- Scutellastra obtecta (Krauss, 1848)
- Scutellastra optima (Pilsbry, 1927)
- Scutellastra peronii (Blainville, 1825)
- Scutellastra tabularis (Krauss, 1848)
- Scutellastra tucopiana Powell, 1925
- Species brought into synonymy
- Scutellastra pica (Reeve, 1854): synonym of Scutellastra exusta (Reeve, 1854)
References
edit- ^ Adams H. & Adams A. (1854). Gen. Rec. Moll. 1: 466.
- ^ a b c Bouchet, P. (2012). Scutellastra H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225716 on 2012-06-08
- ^ Scutellastra. WoRMS.
- Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
- BRANCH M.L., GRIFFITHS C.L., KENSLEY B., SIEG J. 1991. The benthic Crustacea of subantarctic Marion and Prince Edward Islands: Illustrated keys to the species and results of the 1982-1989 University of Cape Town Surveys. South African Journal of Antarctic Research, 21(1): 3-44.
External links
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- Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls.
- Dall, W. H. (1871). Preliminary sketch of a natural arrangement of the order Docoglossa. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 14: 49-54
- Iredale, T. (1924). Results from Roy Bell's molluscan collections. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 49(3): 179-278
- Iredale, T. (1929). Queensland molluscan notes, No. 1. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 9(3): 261-297, pls 30-31
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