Scutellastra optima

Patella stellaeformis optima Pilsbry, 1927[1] (basionym) Scutellastra optima is a species of true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Patellidae.

[1] Scutellastra optima occurs in the northwestern Pacific.

[3] The holotype was obtained from Yakushima (Japan).

Worldwide phylogeography of limpets of the order Patellogastropoda: molecular, morphological and paleontological evidence.

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