Cellana livescens

Cellana livescens
Cellana livescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Patellogastropoda
Superfamily:	Lottioidea
Family:	Nacellidae
Genus:	Cellana
Species:	C. livescens
Binomial name
Cellana livescens (Reeve, 1865)
Synonyms[1]
Cellana cernica (H. Adams, 1869) Cellana garconi (Deshayes, 1863) Helcioniscus livescens Reeve, 1855 Hemitoma livescens (Reeve, 1855) Nacella cernica H. Adams, 1869 Patella cernica (H. Adams, 1869) Patella garconi Deshayes, 1863 Patella livescens Reeve, 1855 (original combination) Patella novemradiata Quoy & Gaimard, 1834 (invalid: junior homonym of Patella novemradiata Fischer de Waldheim, 1805)

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 mm and 50 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Madagascar, Aldabra and the Mascarene Basin.

ventral view

References

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

• Gastropods.com: Cellana livescens