OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

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Gastropoda Nacelloidea Nacellidae 

Cellana radiata capensis (Gmelin, 1791)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Patella capensis Gmelin, 1791
   Patella variegata Reeve, 1842

Distribution

East coast of South Africa and Natal north to Zanzibar (Powell, 1973)

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaSouth Africa
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaMozambique
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaTanzania
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaSouth Africa
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereSouth Africa (Cape marine Province)
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaTanzaniaPwani ProvinceZanzibar

References

 Powell, A.W.B. 1973. p.149-150 [ Pl 67, figs 10, 11; pl 121 ]  Synonomy

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Eogastropoda
              Patellogastropoda
                Nacellina
                  Nacelloidea
                    Nacellidae Thiele, 1929
                      Cellana Adams, 1869
                        Cellana radiata (Born, 1778)
                          Cellana radiata capensis (Gmelin, 1791)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=35373) created by Jennifer Kolb on 2001-01-18. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-03-19.