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Cymbula oculus (Born, 1778) 
AphiaID: 456661

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Patellogastropoda (Subclass) > Patelloidea (Superfamily) > Patellidae (Family) > Cymbula (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Added by Database Management Team
Rank Species
Parent Cymbula H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
Synonymised
taxa
  Patella oculus Born, 1778 (original combination)
Sources  basis of record: Nakano T. & Ozawa T. (2007). Worldwide phylogeography of limpets of the order Patellogastropoda: molecular, morphological and paleontological evidence. Journal of Molluscan Studies 73(1): 79–99. [details]

additional source: Koufopanou et al (1999). A molecular phylogeny of the patellid limpets (Gastropoda: Patellidae) and its implications for the origins of their antitropical distribution Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 11(1):138-156  [details]

from synonym: Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 38 [details] [view taxon]


Environment marine
Distribution Atlantic [details]
Indian Ocean [details]
South Africa [details]
Links To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
Note  Habitat: Known from rocky shores. [details]
Image 
Cymbula oculus
Cymbula oculus
added on 2012-08-09 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:456661
Taxonomic
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2010-02-11 15:13:21Z  created  Tran, Bastien
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Cymbula oculus (Born, 1778). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456661 on 2013-05-19
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