Scutus breviculus

Scutus breviculus
View of the anterior end of a live animal of Scutus breviculus out of the water
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Subfamily: Emarginullinae
Tribe: Scutini
Genus: Scutus
Subgenus: Scutus
Species: S. breviculus
Binomial name
Scutus breviculus
Blainville, 1817
Dorsal side of the shell, anterior end towards the right
Ventral side of the shell

Scutus breviculus is a species of large sea snail or limpet with the common name "shield shell". It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.

Distribution

This species occurs in New Zealand.[1]

References

  1. Powell A. W. B. (1979). New Zealand Mollusca. William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1

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