Scutus antipodes

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Scutus antipodes
File:Elephant Snail (Scutus antipodes).jpg
Elephant snail on a rock, side view
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Scutus
Species:
S. antipodes
Binomial name
Scutus antipodes
Montfort, 1817
Synonyms[1]
  • (Blainville, 1817) Cotton, 1953
  • (Cotton, 1953) Parmophorus elongatus
  • Aviscutum veitchi Blainville, 1817
  • Scutus elongatus Scutus veitchi

Scutus antipodes, also known as the elephant snail,[2] is a large species of marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1] S. antipodes is endemic to the waters off eastern Australia and Tasmania.[3]

References

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  3. ^ Oliver, A.P.H. (2004). Guide to Seashells of the World. Buffalo: Firefly Books. 24.
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