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Scutus rueppelli

Scutus rueppelli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.

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Scutus rueppelli
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Subfamily: Emarginulinae
Genus: Scutus
Species:
S. rueppelli
Binomial name
Scutus rueppelli
(Philippi, 1851)1
Synonyms2

Scutus rueppelli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.2

Original spelling Rüppeli, with reference to "Rüppel et Leuck. Atlas 1828", thus indicating that the specific epithet is named after Eduard Rüppell (1794-1884).

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Red Sea.

References

References

  1. Philippi, R.A. (1849-1851) Centuria quarta testaceorum novorum. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie 6(2): 27–32 [May 1849]; 6(3): 32-35 [July 1849]; 8(2): 29-32 [June 1851]; 8(3): 39-48 [July 1851]; 8(4): 49-64 [15 July 1851]; 8(5): 65-74 [July 1851]. [Second issue (July 1849) entitled in error "Centuria tertia" and species numbered 118-122 instead of 18-22] page(s): 89
  2. WoRMS (2012). Scutus rueppelli (Philippi, 1851). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492553 on 2012-12-31
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