Marine Species Traits - Cellana vitiensis A. W. B. Powell, 1973

WoRMS taxon details

Cellana vitiensis A. W. B. Powell, 1973

AphiaID

531785 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:531785)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Cellana H. Adams, 1869

Original name

Cellana vitiensis A. W. B. Powell, 1973

Synonymised names

Cellana sagittata (A. Gould, 1846) · unaccepted (synonym)

Patella sagittata A. Gould, 1846 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)

invalid: junior homonym of Patella sagittata Donovan, 1820; Cellana vitiensis is a replacement name

Environment

marine

Original description

Powell, A. W. B. (1973). The patellid limpets of the world (Patellidae). Indo-Pacific Mollusca. 3(15): 75-206., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46312984 [details] Available for editors

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Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cellana vitiensis A. W. B. Powell, 1973. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531785 on 2025-05-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-10-13 10:30:08Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2013-09-02 06:59:50Z

checked

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Powell, A. W. B. (1973). The patellid limpets of the world (Patellidae). Indo-Pacific Mollusca. 3(15): 75-206., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46312984 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Patella sagittata A. Gould, 1846) Gould, A. A. (1846). Descriptions of new shells, collected by the United States Exploring Expedition. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 2: 141-145, 148-152 [July]; 153-156, 159-162, 165-167 [August]; 170-173, 175-176 [September]; 177-179, 180-184, 185-187, 190-192 [November]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9490825
page(s): 148. [details]