Scutus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Lepetellida
- Family
- Fissurellidae
- Genus
- Scutus
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Scutus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Scutus
Scutus is a genus of large sea snails or limpets with the common name "shield shells". These are marine gastropod molluscs in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.
Both the common name and the scientific name reflect the fact that the shells of species in this genus resemble a Roman shield.
...Scutus in languages:
- Chinese
- 鴨嘴螺屬
- English
- duck-billed limpets
- English
- elephant shells
Images from inaturalist.org observations:
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