Scutus anatinus

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

Scutus anatinus
Shell of Scutus anatinus (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific 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

The length of the shell attains 73.7 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Australia.

References

• Abbott, R. T. & Dance, S. P. (1986). Compendium of sea shells. American Malacologists, Inc: Melbourne, Florida

External links

• Donovan, E. (1808). Conchology, plate VI. In: Rees, A. (Ed.), 1802–1820, The Cyclopædia; or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London. Plates Vol. V. Natural History
• Quoy, J. R. C. & Gaimard, J. P. (1832-1835). Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe : exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie.
• Dillwyn, L. W. (1817). A descriptive catalogue of Recent shells, arranged according to the Linnean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. London: John and Arthur Arch. Vol. 1: 1-580; Vol. 2: 581-1092 + index
• Hedley, C. (1917). Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part XIII. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 41: 680–719, pls 45-52