Cymbula safiana, common name the saffian limpet, 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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Patellogastropoda |
| Family: | Patellidae |
| Genus: | Cymbula |
| Species: | C. safiana
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| Binomial name | |
| Cymbula safiana (Lamarck, 1819)
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Description
editThe size of the shell varies between 25 mm and 120 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species has a wide distribution ranging from the Mediterranean Sea to Angola
References
edit- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2014). Cymbula safiana (Lamarck, 1819). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456662 on 31 October 2014
- 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.
External links
edit- "Cymbula nigra". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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