Cellana livescens

Cellana livescens
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]
  • Cellana cernica (H. Adams, 1869)
  • Cellana garconi (Deshayes, 1863)
  • Helcioniscus livescens Reeve, 1855
  • Hemitoma livescens (Reeve, 1855)
  • Nacella cernica H. Adams, 1869
  • Patella cernica (H. Adams, 1869)
  • Patella garconi Deshayes, 1863
  • Patella livescens Reeve, 1855 (original combination)
  • Patella novemradiata Quoy & Gaimard, 1834 (invalid: junior homonym of Patella novemradiata Fischer de Waldheim, 1805)

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.

ventral view

References

  1. 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

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