Biology:Cellana flava
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Cellana flava | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Patellogastropoda |
| Family: | Nacellidae |
| Genus: | Cellana |
| Species: | C. flava
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| Binomial name | |
| Cellana flava (Martyn, 1784)
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| Synonyms | |
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Patella flava Hutton, 1873 | |
Cellana flava is a species of true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Nacellidae, one of the families of true limpets.
This species is easily identified on the basis of the orange colour of its shell and the light coloured head and foot.
References
- ↑ Funnell, Greig et al. (January 2023). Todd, Amanda. ed. Conservation status of indigenous marine invertebrates in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2021 (Report). New Zealand Department of Conservation. p. 22. ISBN 978-1-99-118365-1. https://www.doc.govt.nz/globalassets/documents/science-and-technical/nztcs40entire.pdf. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
- Powell A. W. B., William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- 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
Wikidata ☰ Q2918772 entry
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