Cellana flava
Species of gastropod
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Cellana flava is a species of true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Nacellidae, one of the families of true limpets.
| Cellana flava | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Patellogastropoda |
| Family: | Nacellidae |
| Genus: | Cellana |
| Species: | C. flava |
| Binomial name | |
| Cellana flava (Martyn, 1784) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Patella flava Hutton, 1873 | |
This species is easily identified on the basis of the orange colour of its shell and the light coloured head and foot.
