Biology:Cellana livescens
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Cellana livescens | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Patellogastropoda |
| Family: | Nacellidae |
| Genus: | Cellana |
| Species: | C. livescens
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| Binomial name | |
| Cellana livescens (Reeve, 1865)
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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 and 50 mm (0.71 and 1.97 in).
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Madagascar , Aldabra and the Mascarene Basin.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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
- Taylor, J.D. (1973). Provisional list of the mollusca of Aldabra Atoll.
- Dautzenberg, Ph. (1923). Liste préliminaire des mollusques marins de Madagascar et description de deux espèces nouvelles. J. conchyliol. 68: 21–74
- Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, III(fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321–636, plates IV-VII pp.
- Christiaens J. (1986) Notes sur quelques Patellidae (Gastropoda) de l'Océan Indien. Apex 1(4): 97–127
External links
- "Cellana livescens" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/1/Shell_15711.shtml.
Wikidata ☰ Q3210952 entry
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