OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Patelloidea Patellidae
Patella (Scutellastra) flexuosa Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Patella flexuosa Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
Included taxa
Patella (Scutellastra) flexuosa flexuosa Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
Patella (Scutellastra) flexuosa optima Pilsbry, 1927
Common Name
Star Patellid Limpet p.82, pl.83E Wilson, B 2002.
Distribution
Andaman Islands and the tropical Pacific as far east as the Tuamotu Island (Powell, 1973)
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea
Dekker, H. & Orlin, Z. 2000. p.17
References
Hylleberg, J & Kilburn, R. N. 2003. p.17 General reference
Powell, A.W.B. 1973. p.129-130 [ Pl 65, figs 8,9; pls 99, 104
] General reference
Wilson, B. 1994. p.37, pl. 1, figs. 20a-c General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Eogastropoda
Patellogastropoda
Patellina
Patelloidea
Patellidae
Patella Linnaeus, 1758
Patella (Scutellastra) H. & A Adams, 1854
Patella (Scutellastra) flexuosa Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=35347) created by Jennifer Kolb on 2001-01-18. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2004-05-09.