Scurria variabilis is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Lottiidae, one of the families of true limpets.[1]

Scurria variabilis
Scurria variabilis shells
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Patellogastropoda
Family: Lottiidae
Genus: Scurria
Species:
S. variabilis
Binomial name
Scurria variabilis
Synonyms
  • Acmaea coffea (Reeve, 1855)
  • Acmaea leucophaea Philippi, 1846
  • Acmaea nisoria Philippi, 1846 (junior synonym)
  • Acmaea parasitica (d'Orbigny, 1841)
  • Acmaea punctatissima Philippi, 1846(junior synonym)
  • Acmaea variabilis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1839)
  • Collisella huppeana Ramírez-Böhme, 1974
  • Collisella philippiana Ramírez-Böhme, 1974
  • Collisella silvana Ramírez-Böhme, 1974
  • Collisella variabilis Marincovich, 1973
  • Lottia cymbiola Gould, 1846
  • Lottia variabilis G. B. Sowerby I, 1839
  • Patella coffea Reeve, 1855
  • Patella parasitica d'Orbigny, 1841
  • Patella penicillata (Reeve, 1855) ·
  • Patella variabilis (Reeve, 1855)
  • Scurria parasitica (d'Orbigny, 1841)(junior synonym)

Description

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Five views of a shell of Scurria variabilis

Distribution

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References

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  • Ramírez-Böhme [= Ramírez Boehme] J. (1974) Nuevas especies chilenas de Lucapina, Fissurella y Collisella (Mollusca, Archaeogastropoda). Boletin, Museo Nacional de Historia Natural [Santiago de Chile] 33: 15-34.
  • Ni IH. & Qian PY. (1999). Study on the suitability of Shelter Island Area to be established as marine park or marine reserve. Final report. Submitted to the Agriculture, Fisheries & Conservation Department, The Hong Kong SAR Government.
  • 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
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