Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Superfamily Fissurelloidea Rank Species | Phylum Mollusca Clade Vetigastropoda Family Fissurellidae | |
Scutus rueppelli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.
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
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