Scutellastra natalensis is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Patellidae, one of the families of true limpets.[1]
Description
Distribution
This species occurs in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
References
- Ridgway T.M., Branch G.M., Stewart B.A. (1999). Patella natalensis Krauss, 1848: re-description of an unrecognized limpet from the east coast of South Africa. Journal of Molluscan Studies 65:139–142.
- Ridgway, T.M., Stewart, B.A., Branch, G.M. & Hodgson, A.N. (1998). Morphological and genetic differentiation of Patella granularis (Gastropoda: Patellidae): recognition of two sibling species along the coast of southern Africa. Journal of Zoology, London. 245: 317–333
- Branch G., Griffiths C., Branch M. & Beckley L. (2016). Two Oceans, ed. 4. Cape Town: Struik Nature. 464 pp.
