OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Patelloidea Patellidae 

Helcion (Helcion) pectunculus (Gmelin, 1791)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Petella pectinata Born, 1780
   Patella pectunculus Gmelin, 1791
   Helcion pectinata Montfort, 1810

Distribution

South Africa (Powell, 1973)

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaSouth Africa

Keywords

depth: intertidal 

References

 Powell, A.W.B. 1973. p.143 [ Pl 117, fig 1,2; pl 118 fig 1 ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Eogastropoda
              Patellogastropoda
                Patellina
                  Patelloidea
                    Patellidae
                      Helcion Montfort, 1810
                        Helcion (Helcion) Montfort, 1810
                          Helcion (Helcion) pectunculus (Gmelin, 1791)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=35362) created by Jennifer Kolb on 2001-01-18. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2001-09-19.