Cellana livescens explained

Cellana livescens is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nacellidae.^[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 18mm50mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Madagascar, Aldabra and the Mascarene Basin.

References

• Taylor, J.D. (1973). Provisional list of the mollusca of Aldabra Atoll.
• Dautzenberg, Ph. (1923). Liste préliminaire des mollusques marins de Madagascar et description de deux espèces nouvelles. J. conchyliol. 68: 21–74
• Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, III(fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321–636, plates IV-VII pp.
• Christiaens J. (1986) Notes sur quelques Patellidae (Gastropoda) de l'Océan Indien. Apex 1(4): 97–127

Notes and References

1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Cellana livescens (Reeve, 1855). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207652 on 2013-01-16