Cellana livescens

Cellana livescens
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Patellogastropoda
Family:	Nacellidae
Genus:	Cellana
Species:	C. livescens
Binomial name
	Cellana livescens; (Reeve, 1865)
Synonyms
	Cellana cernica (H. Adams, 1869); Cellana garconi (Deshayes, 1863); Helcioniscus livescens Reeve, 1855; Hemitoma livescens (Reeve, 1855); Nacella cernica H. Adams, 1869; Patella cernica (H. Adams, 1869); Patella garconi Deshayes, 1863; Patella livescens Reeve, 1855 (original combination); Patella novemradiata Quoy & Gaimard, 1834 (invalid: junior homonym of Patella novemradiata Fischer de Waldheim, 1805);

Cellana livescens is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nacellidae.^[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 18 and 50 mm (0.71 and 1.97 in).

This marine species occurs off Madagascar, Aldabra and the Mascarene Basin.

ventral view

^ ^a ^b Rosenberg, G. (2012). Cellana livescens (Reeve, 1855). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207652 on 2013-01-16

Taylor, J.D. (1973). Provisional list of the mollusca of Aldabra Atoll.
Dautzenberg, Ph. (1923). Liste préliminaire des mollusques marins de Madagascar et description de deux espèces nouvelles. J. conchyliol. 68: 21–74
Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, III(fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321–636, plates IV-VII pp.
Christiaens J. (1986) Notes sur quelques Patellidae (Gastropoda) de l'Océan Indien. Apex 1(4): 97–127

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