Biology:Helcion pectunculus
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Helcion pectunculus | |
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| Five views of a shell of Helcion pectunculus (Gmelin, 1791) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Patellogastropoda |
| Family: | Patellidae |
| Genus: | Helcion |
| Species: | H. pectunculus
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| Binomial name | |
| Helcion pectunculus (Gmelin, 1791)
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Helcion pectunculus,[1] common name the prickly limpet, is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Patellidae, one of the families of true limpets.[2]
Distribution
Its mostly present around southern coast of africa. Its a marine species.[3]
References
- ↑ Linné, Carl von; Linné, Carl von; Gmelin, Johann Friedrich (1788). Caroli a Linné. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae : secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tom. 1 Pars. 6 (Ed. 13., aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin. ed.). Lipsiae: impensis Georg. Emanuel. Beer. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098.
- ↑ Helcion pectunculus (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 April 2010.
- ↑ "MolluscaBase - Helcion pectunculus (Gmelin, 1791)" (in en). https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224960.
Wikidata ☰ Q5701558 entry
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