Cymbula granatina

Cymbula granatina 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]

Cymbula granatina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Patellogastropoda
Superfamily:
Patelloidea
Family:
Patellidae
Genus:
Cymbula
Species:
C. granatina
Binomial name
Cymbula granatina
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
  • Patella granatina Linnaeus, 1758
  • Patella septemradiata Fischer von Waldheim, 1807

Description

The size of the shell varies between 50 mm and 90 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off South Africa.

References
  1. Cymbula granatina (Linnaeus, 1758). 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
  • "Cymbula granatina". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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