Cellana toreuma

Cellana toreuma is a species of limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nacellidae.[1][2]

Cellana toreuma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Patellogastropoda
Superfamily:
Lottioidea
Family:
Nacellidae
Genus:
Cellana
Species:
C. toreuma
Binomial name
Cellana toreuma
(Reeve, 1854)
Synonyms[1]
  • Patella toreuma Reeve, 1854 (original combination)

Distribution

Mainly distributed in South Korea, Mainland China, Taiwan,[3] Japan,[1] Ryukyu and Vietnam.[4]

Parasite

This species is the ectoparasitic host of Philoblenna tumida Ho, 1981[1]。

apical view of the shell
ventral view of the shell

References
  1. WoRMS. "Cellana toreuma (Reeve, 1854)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2016-11-10.
  2. "Cellana toreuma". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
  3. "国际贝库：花笠螺" [International shell base: Cellana toreuma] (in Chinese). Retrieved 2009-08-11.
  4. "Cellana toreuma".
  • Nakano T. & Ozawa T. (2007). Worldwide phylogeography of limpets of the order Patellogastropoda: molecular, morphological and paleontological evidence. Journal of Molluscan Studies 73(1): 79–99.


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