Summary ⁴

Scutus breviculus is a species of large sea snail or limpet with the common name "shield shell". It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.

How To Recognise It ⁵

It looks more like a sea creature than a limpet as the shell in often covered.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Edward Howard, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Edward Howard
2. (c) Lisa Bennett, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Lisa Bennett
3. (c) Jon Sullivan, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollivan_jon/8704866303/
4. Adapted by tangatawhenua from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scutus_breviculus
5. (c) tangatawhenua, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

More Info

• iNaturalist NZ taxon page
• Animal Diversity Web
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• SeaLifeBase
• World Register of Marine Species

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