Scutellastra optima

Scutellastra optima
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Patellogastropoda
Family: Patellidae
Genus: Scutellastra
Species:
S. optima
Binomial name
Scutellastra optima
(Pilsbry, 1927)
Synonyms[2]

Patella stellaeformis optima Pilsbry, 1927[1] (basionym)

Scutellastra optima is a species of true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Patellidae.[2][3]

Description

The shell of the holotype measures 64 mm × 80 mm (2.5 in × 3.1 in).[1]

Distribution

Scutellastra optima occurs in the northwestern Pacific.[3] The holotype was obtained from Yakushima (Japan).[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Pilsbry, H. A. (1927). "Patella stellaeformis optima n. subsp". The Nautilus. 40 (4): 138–139.
  2. ^ a b Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2023). "Scutellastra optima (Pilsbry, 1927)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Scutellastra optima (Pilsbry, 1927)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 4 July 2023.

Nakano T. & Ozawa T. (2007). Worldwide phylogeography of limpets of the order Patellogastropoda: molecular, morphological and paleontological evidence. Journal of Molluscan Studies 73(1): 79–99.


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