OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Nacelloidea Nacellidae 

Cellana exarata (Reeve, 1854)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Patella exarata Nuttall in Jay, 1839
   Patella exarata Reeve, 1854
   Patella undato-lirata Reeve, 1854
   Patella sandwichensis Pease, 1861

Distribution

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Polynesia: Hawaiian Islands (Sandwich Islands)

Keywords

depth: intertidal 
habitat: rock platform 
substrate: algal turf 

References

 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. p.30 General reference
 Kay, E.A. 1979. [ p. 44 as Cellana exarata and p. 46 as Cellana sandwicensis ]  Biology and ecology
 Powell, A.W.B. 1973. p.164-165 [ Pl 67, fig 4-6; pl 140 ]  Synonomy

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Eogastropoda
              Patellogastropoda
                Nacellina
                  Nacelloidea
                    Nacellidae Thiele, 1929
                      Cellana Adams, 1869
                        Cellana exarata (Reeve, 1854)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=35387) created by Jennifer Kolb on 2001-01-18. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-03-18.