Scutellastra flexuosa

Scutellastra flexuosa is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Patellidae, one of the families of true limpets.^[1]

Scutellastra flexuosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Patellogastropoda
Superfamily:	Patelloidea
Family:	Patellidae
Genus:	Scutellastra
Species:	S. flexuosa
Binomial name
Scutellastra flexuosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
Synonyms
Patella (Ancistromesus) stellaeformis Reeve, 1842 Patella (Scutellastra) stellaeformis Reeve, 1842 Patella alba Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841 (invalid: junior homonym of Patella alba da Costa, 1771) Patella cretacea Reeve, 1854 Patella flexuosa Quoy & Gaimard, 1834 Patella moreli Deshayes, 1863 Patella paumotensis Gould, 1846 Patella stellaeformis Reeve, 1842 Patella stellaeformis tuamutuensis Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1933 Patella tara Prashad & Rao, 1934 Penepatella inquisitor Iredale, 1929 (junior synonym)

Description

The length of the shell attains 25.4 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Mauritius and Vanikoro (Solomon Island).

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