Scutellastra laticostata

Scutellastra laticostata 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 laticostata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Patellogastropoda
Superfamily:
Patelloidea
Family:
Patellidae
Genus:
Scutellastra
Species:
S. laticostata
Binomial name
Scutellastra laticostata
(Blainville, 1825)
Synonyms
  • Cellana laticostata (Blainville, 1825)
  • Patella laticostata Blainville, 1825 (original combination)

Description

Distribution

References
  1. Scutellastra laticostata (Blainville, 1825). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 April 2010.
  • 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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