OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Nacelloidea Nacellidae 

Cellana stellifera (Gmelin, 1791)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Patella stellifera Gmelin, 1791
   Patella stellularia Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
   Helcioniscus stelliferus phymatius Suter, 1905

Distribution

New Zealand; north, South, and Stewart ISlands (Powell, 1973)

  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereNew Zealand
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereNew ZealandNorth Island
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereNew ZealandSouth Island
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereNew ZealandStewart Island

References

 Powell, A.W.B. 1973. p.182-183 [ Pl 70, figs 9-11; pls 162, 163 (Powell, 1973) ]  Synonomy

Classification

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

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=35406) created by Jennifer Kolb on 2001-01-18. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-03-19.