Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Patellogastropoda
Superfamilia: Patelloidea
Familia: Nacellidae
Genus: Cellana
Species (37): C. analogia – C. ardosiaea – C. carpenteriana – C. conciliata – C. craticulata – C. denticulata – C. eucosmia – C. exarata – C. flava – C. garconi – C. grata – C. howensis – C. karachiensis – C. livescens – C. mazatlandica – C. nigrolineata – C. oliveri – C. ornata – C. pricei – C. radians – C. radiata – C. solida – C. stellifera – C. strigilis – C. taitensis – C. talcosa – C. testudinaria – C. toreuma – C. tramoserica – C. turbator – C. vitiensis – †C. cophina – †C. cudmorei – †C. deformis – †C. hentyi – †C. taberna – †C. thomsoni
Name
Cellana H. Adams, 1869: 273
Type species: Cellana cernica (H. Adams, 1869), as Nacella (Cellana) cernica, by monotypy
Synonyms
Helcioniscus Dall, 1871
References
Adams, H. 1869. Proceedings of the Zoological Society, London 1869: 273.
Powell, A.W.B. 1973. The patellid limpets of the world (Patellidae). Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(15): 75–200.
Cellana is a genus of sea snails or limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Nacellidae, the true limpets.[1]
Distribution
This genus occurs in the temperate and tropical Indo-Pacific oceans, Hawaii (where they are known as ‘opihi and considered a delicacy) and around Australia and New Zealand. Species are also found around the coasts of Japan, the Red Sea, Mauritius, Madagascar, South Africa and the sub-Antartarctic Islands. One species, Cellana radiata, is cosmopolitan.
These sea snails feed by grazing on green macroalgae growing on rocky substrate in the intertidal zone. Some of these limpets can live up to 7 years, however most do not get older than 2–3 years. They reproduce by broadcasting their spawn in large, yolky eggs in great numbers (between 20,000 for C. flava and C. denticulata to 230,000 for C. ornata).
Species
Cellana conciliata
Cellana mazatlandica
Cellana rota
Species within the genus Cellana include:[1]
Cellana analogia Iredale, 1940
Cellana ardosiaea (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841)
† Cellana bosoensis Kase, T. Nakano, Kurihara & Haga, 2013
Cellana capensis (Gmelin, 1791)
† Cellana carpenteriana Skwarko, 1966
Cellana conciliata Iredale, 1940 - Rainbow limpet
† Cellana cophina Powell, 1973
Cellana craticulata Suter, 1905
† Cellana cudmorei Chapman & Gabriel, 1923
Cellana cylindrica (Gmelin, 1791)
† Cellana deformis (K. Martin, 1883)Powell
Cellana denticulata Martyn, 1784
Cellana dira (Reeve, 1855)
Cellana enneagona (Reeve, 1854)
Cellana eucosmia Pilsbry, 1891 (possibly synonym of C. grata)
Cellana exarata - Hawaiian blackfoot opihi
Cellana flava Hutton, 1873
Cellana granostriata (Reeve, 1855)
Cellana grata Gould, 1859
Cellana grata stearnsi Pilsbry, 1891
† Cellana hentyi Chapman & Gabriel, 1923
Cellana howensis Iredale, 1940 Indo-Pacific
† Cellana igniculus Kase, T. Nakano, Kurihara & Haga, 2013
† Cellana kamatakiensis Kase, T. Nakano, Kurihara & Haga, 2013
Cellana karachiensis Winckworth, 1930 Red Sea
† Cellana kobayashii Kase, T. Nakano, Kurihara & Haga, 2013
Cellana livescens (Reeve, 1855)
Cellana mazatlandica Sowerby, 1839
Cellana melanostoma Pilsbry, 1891
Cellana nigrolineata Reeve, 1854
Cellana oliveri Powell, 1955
Cellana orientalis (Pilsbry, 1891)
Cellana ornata Dillwyn, 1817
Cellana pricei Powell, 1973
Cellana radians (Gmelin, 1791)
Cellana radiata I. von Born, 1778
Cellana radiata capensis (Gmelin, 1791)
Cellana radiata radiata (Born, 1778)
Cellana rota (Gmelin, 1791)
Cellana sandwicensis (Pease, 1861)
Cellana solida Blainville, 1825
Cellana sontica Iredale, 1940
Cellana stellifera Gmelin, 1791
Cellana strigilis Powell, 1955
Cellana strigilis strigilis Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841
Cellana strigilis bollonsi Powell, 1955
Cellana strigilis chathamensis (Pilsbry, 1891)
Cellana strigilis flemingi Powell, 1955
Cellana strigilis oliveri Powell, 1955
Cellana strigilis redimiculum (Reeve, 1854)
† Cellana taberna Powell, 1973
Cellana taitensis Röding, 1798
Cellana talcosa Gould, 1846
Cellana testudinaria Linnaeus, 1758
† Cellana thomsoni Powell & Bartrum, 1929
Cellana toreuma Reeve, 1855
Cellana tramoserica Holten, 1802
Cellana turbator Iredale, 1940
Cellana vitiensis Powell, 1973
† Cellana yamamotoi Kase, T. Nakano, Kurihara & Haga, 2013
The sources given below, also mention the following species :
Cellana ampla
Cellana ardosioea Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841
Cellana argentata Sowerby, 1839
Cellana enneagona Reeve, 1854
Cellana nigrisquamata Reeve, 1854
Cellana profunda mauritiana Pilsbry, 1891
Species brought into synonymy
Cellana capensis (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Cellana radiata (Born, 1778)
Cellana cernica (Adams, 1869): synonym of Cellana livescens (Reeve, 1855)
Cellana eudora Iredale, 1940: synonym of Cellana radiata orientalis (Pilsbry, 1891)
Cellana garconi (Deshayes, 1863): synonym of Cellana livescens (Reeve, 1855)
Cellana hedleyi W. R. B. Oliver, 1915: synonym of Cellana craticulata (Suter, 1905)
Cellana laticostata (Blainville, 1825): synonym of Scutellastra laticostata (Blainville, 1825)
Cellana sagittata A. A. Gould, 1846 : synonym of Cellana vitiensis Powell, 1973
Cellana scopulina W. R. B. Oliver, 1926: synonym of Cellana craticulata (Suter, 1905)
Cellana vulcanicus W. R. B. Oliver, 1915: synonym of Cellana craticulata (Suter, 1905)
References
WoRMS (2010). Cellana H. Adams, 1869. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205749 on 2010-10-31
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cellana.
Shell-bearing Mollusca: Gastropoda: Archeogastropoda & Mesogastropoda
Goldstien S. J. (2005). "Phylogeography of the Cellana limpets of New Zealand: Investigating Barriers to Marine Dispersal and Historical Biogeography". Thesis, School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, 162 pp.
Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
Powell A. W. B. (1973). The patellid limpets of the world (Patellidae). Indo-Pacific Mollusca, 3(15): 75-206.
Willassen E., Williams A. B. & Oskars T. R. (2016). "New observations of the enigmatic West African Cellana limpet (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Nacellidae)". Marine Biodiversity Records 9: 60. doi:10.1186/s41200-016-0059-9.
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