Scutus antipodes
Elephant Snail on a Rock Side View
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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]

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

  1. 1 2 Scutus antipodes Montfort, 1817. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
  2. "Scutus (Scutus) antipodes (Montfort, 1810), Elephant Snail". Museums Victoria Collections. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  3. Oliver, A.P.H. (2004). Guide to Seashells of the World. Buffalo: Firefly Books. 24.


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