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Gastropoda Patelloidea Patellidae
Patella (Scutellastra) flexuosa flexuosa Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Patella stellaeformis tuamotuensis [sic]
Patella madagascarensis Blainville, 1825
Patella flexuosa Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
Patella viridis Dufo, 1840
Patella alba Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841
Patella stellaeformis Reeve, 1842
Patella paumotensis Gould, 1846
Patella cretacea Reeve, 1854
Penepatella intraurea Iredale, 1929
Penepatella arrecta Iredale, 1929
Penepatella inquisitor Iredale, 1929
Patella (Scutellastra) stellaeformis tuamutuensis Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1933
Patella (Patellidea) tara Prashad & Rao, 1934
Distribution
Andaman Islands, Indian Ocean to Tuamotu Islands, Pacific Ocean (Powell, 1973) Indo-Pacific; North West Cape to Southern Queensland (Wilson, 1994)
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
Keywords
depth: intertidal
depth: shallow subtidal
habitat: coral reef
substrate: rocks
substrate: shell
References
Powell, A.W.B. 1973. p.129, pl. 65, figs. 8-9, pls. 99, 104 General reference
Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.27 Distribution
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
Patella (Scutellastra) flexuosa flexuosa Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=51568) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-09-19. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-07-21.