| Helcion pectunculus | |
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| Five views of a shell of Helcion pectunculus (Gmelin, 1791) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Patellogastropoda |
| Family: | Patellidae |
| Genus: | Helcion |
| Species: | H. pectunculus |
| Binomial name | |
| Helcion pectunculus (Gmelin, 1791) | |
Helcion pectunculus, common name the prickly limpet, 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
References
- ↑ Helcion pectunculus (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 April 2010.
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