Cellana radiata

Cellana radiata

Cellana radiata radiata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Lottioidea
Family:	Nacellidae
Subfamily:	(Nacellinae)
Genus:	Cellana
Species:	C. radiata
Binomial name
*Cellana radiata* (Born, 1778)
Synonyms^[1] ^[2]
Patella rota Gmelin, J.F., 1791 Cellana reynauldi Deshayes, G.P., 1832 Cellana petalata Reeve, L.A., 1844 Patella aster Reeve, L.A., 1855 Patella luzonica Reeve, L.A., 1855 Patella nimbus Reeve, L.A., 1855 Patella scalata Reeve, L.A., 1855 Acmaea travancorica Preston, 1911 Cellana travancorica Preston, 1911 Cellana bombayana Smith, E.A., 1911

Cellana radiata (common name: the rayed wheel limpet), is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nacellidae, ^[1]

Subspecies

Cellana radiata capensis (Gmelin, 1791)
Cellana radiata cylindrica Gmelin, 1791
Cellana radiata enneagona (L. A. Reeve, 1854)
Cellana radiata orientalis (H. A. Pilsbry, 1891)
Cellana radiata radiata (Born, 1778)

Description

The height of the flattened shell varies between 13 mm and 45 mm. The apex is slightly out of the middle and is often worn out. The shell has numerous, rather flat, granular ridges of varying height. The color of the shell is grayish white to dark brown, with the ribs somewhat darker. The interior is pale white and iridescent. The markings of the muscles contrast with a dark gray color.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indo-Pacific, mainly Australia and can be found on rocks in litoral and sublitoral areas.

References

1 2 Cellana radiata (Born, 1778). WoRMS (2010). Cellana radiata (Born, 1778). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207651 on 31 October 2010.
↑ Gastropods.com : http://www.gastropods.com/3/Shell_4193.shtml; accessed : 31 October 2010

External links

M. Balaparamesware, Studies on the growth of the limpet Cellana radiata (Born) (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia), Journal of Molluscan Studies, 1976, 42 (1), pp. 136-144

Cellana radiata capensis
Cellana radiata capensis, ventral view
Cellana radiata enneagona
Cellana radiata enneagona, ventral view

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