''Scutellina'' is a
genus
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of small
limpet
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-like
sea snails,
marine
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gastropod mollusk
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s in the
family
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Phenacolepadidae
Phenacolepadidae is a family of small sea snails or false limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Cycloneritimorpha (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
This family has no subfamilies according to the ...
.
Scutellina is now a synonym of ''
Plesiothyreus
''Plesiothyreus'' is a genus of very small sea snails or limpets, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Phenacolepadinae of the family (biology), family Phenacolepadidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Plesiothyreus'' ...
''
Cossmann, 1888
Species
Species within the genus ''Scutellina'' include:
* ''
Scutellina gruveli'' Dautzenberg, 1929
References
Phenacolepadidae
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