Helcion pruinosus

Helcion pruinosus
Helcion pruinosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Patellogastropoda
Superfamily: Patelloidea
Family: Patellidae
Genus: Helcion
Species: H. pruinosus
Binomial name
Helcion pruinosus
(Krauss, 1848)

Helcion pruinosus, common name the rayed 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.[1]

Distribution

Helcion pruinosus, ventral view

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