Cellana livescens
Cellana livescens | |
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Cellana livescens | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Patellogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Lottioidea |
Family: | Nacellidae |
Genus: | Cellana |
Species: | C. livescens |
Binomial name | |
Cellana livescens (Reeve, 1865) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Cellana livescens is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nacellidae.[1]
Description
The size of the shell varies between 18 mm and 50 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Madagascar, Aldabra and the Mascarene Basin.
References
- 1 2 Rosenberg, G. (2012). Cellana livescens (Reeve, 1855). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207652 on 2013-01-16
- Taylor, J.D. (1973). Provisional list of the mollusca of Aldabra Atoll.
- Dautzenberg, Ph. (1923). Liste préliminaire des mollusques marins de Madagascar et description de deux espèces nouvelles. J. conchyliol. 68: 21-74
- Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, III(fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321-636, plates IV-VII pp.
- Christiaens J. (1986) Notes sur quelques Patellidae (Gastropoda) de l'Océan Indien. Apex 1(4): 97-127
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