Scutellastra aphanes

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Scutellastra aphanes
Scutellastra aphanes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Patellogastropoda
Family: Patellidae
Genus: Scutellastra
Species:
S. aphanes
Binomial name
Scutellastra aphanes
(Robson, 1986)
Synonyms
  • Patella (Scutellastra) aphanes Robson, 1986
  • Patella aphanes Robson, 1986

Scutellastra aphanes is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Patellidae, one of the families of true limpets. It is endemic to South Africa.[1]

Scutellastra aphanes was originally described by Gary Robson in 1986, as Patella aphanes. The specific name "aphanes" means "unseen" or "unnoticed" in Greek.[2] The species and other Southern African Patella were later moved to Scutellastra in 1998 based on morphological analysis.[3]

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