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

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Cellana radiata
Cellana radiata radiata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Patellogastropoda
Family:	Nacellidae
Genus:	Cellana
Species:	C. radiata
Binomial name
Cellana radiata (Born, 1778)
Synonyms[1][2]
Acmaea travancorica Preston, 1911 Cellana travancorica Preston, 1911 Cellana bombayana Smith, E.A., 1911 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 rota Gmelin, J.F., 1791 Patella scalata Reeve, L.A., 1855

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

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.

This species is distributed in the Indo-Pacific, mainly Australia and can be found on rocks in littoral and sublittoral areas.^{[citation needed]}