Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Patelloidea Genus Cymbula Phylum Mollusca | Class Gastropoda Family Patellidae Scientific name Cymbula nigra Rank Species | |
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Similar Patella ferruginea, Patella rustica, Patellidae, Patella ulyssiponensis, Patella depressa | ||
Cymbula safiana, common name the saffian 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.
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Description
The size of the shell varies between 25 mm and 120 mm.
Distribution
This marine species has a wide distribution ranging from the Mediterranean Sea to Angola
References
Cymbula safiana Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA