OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Patelloidea Patellidae 

Patella (Scutellastra) argenvillei Krauss, 1848

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Patella argenvillei Krauss, 1848

Distribution

South Africa: Port Nolloth on the west coast, eastward to Qolora, between East London and Durban (Powell, 1973)

  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: South Africa (Cape marine Province)

Keywords

depth: lower intertidal 

References

 Powell, A.W.B. 1973. p.123-124 [ Pl 65, fig 4; Pls 93, 96 ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Eogastropoda
              Patellogastropoda
                Patellina
                  Patelloidea
                    Patellidae
                      Patella Linnaeus, 1758
                        Patella (Scutellastra) H. & A Adams, 1854
                          Patella (Scutellastra) argenvillei Krauss, 1848

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=35341) created by Jennifer Kolb on 2001-01-18. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2001-09-19.