Scutellastra cochlear

Scutellastra cochlear
Pear limpets surrounded by coralline algae Spongites yendoi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Patellogastropoda
Family: Patellidae
Genus: Scutellastra
Species:
S. cochlear
Binomial name
Scutellastra cochlear
(Born 1778)[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Patella (Scutellastra) cochlear Born, 1778
  • Patella cochlear Born, 1778
  • Patella pyriformis da Costa, 1771

Scutellastra cochlear is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Patellidae, one of the families of true limpets. It is commonly known as the snail patella, the pear limpet or the spoon limpet and is native to South Africa. It often grows in association with the crustose coralline alga Spongites yendoi and a filamentous red alga which it cultivates in a garden. It was first described by the malacologist Ignaz von Born in 1778 as Patella cochlear.

  1. ^ a b Bouchet, Philippe (2013). "Scutellastra cochlear (Born, 1778)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 25 November 2013.