Scutus antipodes, also known as the elephant snail,[2] is a large species of marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1] S. antipodes is endemic to the waters off eastern Australia and Tasmania.[3]
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| Elephant snail on a rock, side view | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Genus: | Scutus |
| Species: | S. antipodes
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| Binomial name | |
| Scutus antipodes Montfort, 1817
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References
edit- ^ a b Scutus antipodes Montfort, 1817. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
- ^ "Scutus (Scutus) antipodes (Montfort, 1810), Elephant Snail". Museums Victoria Collections. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
- ^ Oliver, A.P.H. (2004). Guide to Seashells of the World. Buffalo: Firefly Books. 24.
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