Scutus anatinus is a species of sea snail or limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1]

Scutus anatinus
Shell of Scutus anatinus (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Subfamily: Emarginulinae
Genus: Scutus
Species:
S. anatinus
Binomial name
Scutus anatinus
(Donovan, 1820)
Synonyms
  • Parmophorus convexus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
  • Patella ambigua Dillwyn, 1817
  • Patella anatina Donovan, 1820
  • Scutus ambiguus (Dillwyn, 1817)
  • Scutus astrolabeus Hedley, 1917
  • Scutus australis (Lamarck, 1822)

Description

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The length of the shell attains 73.7 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Australia.

References

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  1. ^ Scutus anatinus (Donovan, 1820). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
  • Abbott, R. T. & Dance, S. P. (1986). Compendium of sea shells. American Malacologists, Inc: Melbourne, Florida
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