Cellana radians

Cellana radians
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Patellogastropoda
Superfamily: Lottioidea
Family: Nacellidae
Genus: Cellana
Species: C. radians
Binomial name
Cellana radians
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms
  • Patella radians Gmelin, 1791
  • Patella argyropsis Lesson, 1830
  • Patella pholidota Lesson, 1830
  • Patella argentea Quoy and Gaimard, 1834
  • Patella radiatilis Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841
  • Patella decora Philippi, 1849
  • Patella earlii Reeve, 1855
  • Patella flexuosa Hutton, 1873
  • Patella antipodum E.A. Smith, 1874
  • Patella olivacea Hutton, 1882
  • Helcioniscus radians Suter, 1913
  • Cellana radians perana Iredale, 1915

Cellana radians, common name the golden limpet, is a species of true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Nacellidae, which is one of the true limpet families.

Description

The foot and the head are lightly colored whereas Cellana flava has darker colored soft tissues.

Drawing of the shell of Cellana radians. Dorsal view, lateral view (left side) and ventral view. Head region is on the left.

The orange shell exhibits different morphological varieties, even in the same location. The shell can be grayish white on the outside with rather flat ribs that are somewhat darker. Its interior is iridescent and white, with gray muscle impressions. The apex is off-center and sometimes worn off.

Ecology

Cellana radians is found on rocks and other hard substrates in the littoral and sublittoral zones of the seas around New Zealand and Australia.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Powell A. W. B., William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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