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''Cellana stellifera'', 
common name
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the star limpet, is a species of true limpet
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, a marine
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
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mollusc
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in the family Nacellidae.Marshall, B.; Bouchet, P. (2015). Cellana stellifera (Gmelin, 1791). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325460 on 2017-03-26
References
* Powell A. W. B., William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland 1979 Nacellidae Gastropods of New Zealand Gastropods described in 1791 Taxa named by Johann Friedrich Gmelin {{Nacellidae-stub