| Scutus anatinus | |
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| Shell of Scutus anatinus (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Subfamily: | Emarginulinae |
| Genus: | Scutus |
| Species: | S. anatinus |
| Binomial name | |
| Scutus anatinus (Donovan, 1820) | |
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Scutus anatinus is a species of sea snail or limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 73.7 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Australia.
References
- ↑ Scutus anatinus (Donovan, 1820). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
- Abbott, R. T. & Dance, S. P. (1986). Compendium of sea shells. American Malacologists, Inc: Melbourne, Florida
External links
- Donovan, E. (1808). Conchology, plate VI. In: Rees, A. (Ed.), 1802–1820, The Cyclopædia; or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London. Plates Vol. V. Natural History
- 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.
- Dillwyn, L. W. (1817). A descriptive catalogue of Recent shells, arranged according to the Linnean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. London: John and Arthur Arch. Vol. 1: 1-580; Vol. 2: 581-1092 + index
- Hedley, C. (1917). Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part XIII. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 41: 680–719, pls 45-52
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