Scutus antipodes

Scutus antipodes
Elephant snail on a rock, side view
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Scutus
Species:
S. antipodes
Binomial name
Scutus antipodes
Montfort, 1817
Synonyms[1]
  • Aviscutum veitchi Cotton, 1953
  • Parmophorus elongatus Blainville, 1817
  • Scutus elongatus (Blainville, 1817)
  • Scutus veitchi (Cotton, 1953)

Scutus antipodes, also known as the elephant snail,[2] is a large species of marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1] S. antipodes is endemic to the waters off eastern Australia and Tasmania.[3]

References

  1. ^ 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.). "Scutus antipodes Montfort, 1817". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  2. ^ "Scutus (Scutus) antipodes (Montfort, 1810), Elephant Snail". Museums Victoria Collections. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  3. ^ Oliver, A.P.H. (2004). Guide to Seashells of the World. Buffalo: Firefly Books. 24.


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