Scutellastra tabularis

Scutellastra tabularis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Patellogastropoda
Family:	Patellidae
Genus:	Scutellastra
Species:	S. tabularis
Binomial name
Scutellastra tabularis (Krauss, 1848)
Synonyms
Patella (Scutellastra) tabularis Krauss, 1848 Patella tabularis Krauss, 1848 (original combination)

Scutellastra tabularis 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]

Description

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the south coast of South Africa.

Scutellastra tabularis, ventral view

References

1. Scutellastra tabularis (Krauss, 1848). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 April 2010.

• Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp. page(s): 38
• Koufopanou et al. (1999). A molecular phylogeny of the patellid limpets (Gastropoda: Patellidae) and its implications for the origins of their antitropical distribution Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 11(1):138-156

External links

• Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg