Scutellastra kermadecensis

Scutellastra kermadecensis is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Patellidae, one of the families of true limpets.[1]

Scutellastra kermadecensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Patellogastropoda
Superfamily:
Patelloidea
Family:
Patellidae
Genus:
Scutellastra
Species:
S. kermadecensis
Binomial name
Scutellastra kermadecensis
(Pilsbry, 1894)
Synonyms
  • Patella (Scutellastra) kermadecensis Pilsbry, 1894
  • Patella kermadecensis (Pilsbry, 1894)

Description

Distribution

References
  1. Scutellastra kermadecensis (Pilsbry, 1894). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 April 2010.
  • Koufopanou et al. (1999). A molecular phylogeny of the patellid limpets (Gastropoda: Patellidae) and its implications for the origins of their antitropical distribution Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 11(1):138-156


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