Cellana_nigrolineata

<i>Cellana nigrolineata</i>

Cellana nigrolineata

Species of gastropod

Cellana nigrolineata is a species of sea snails or limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Nacellidae, one of the families of true limpets.[1]

Quick Facts Cellana nigrolineata, Scientific classification ...

This species of limpet lives on rocky shore in the intertidal zone. It occurs mainly along the northwestern coasts of the Pacific Ocean.

Shell description

The typical size varies from 3 to 7 cm. The conical shells are almost flat and almost circular. The shell often has almost regular shell patterning of dark lines, similar in appearance to the mesh of the Polar coordinate system.

References

  1. [1]
    Eddie Hardy (2017-03-10). "Cellana nigrolineata nigrolineata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 2017-03-26.
  • Powell A.W.B. (1973). The patellid limpets of the world (Patellidae). Indo-Pacific Mollusca, 3(15):75-206
  • apical view
  • ventral view
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cellana nigrolineata.


This Nacellidae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Cellana_nigrolineata, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.