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Cellana

Gastropoda - Patellida - Nacellidae

Taxonomy

Cellana was named by Adams (1869) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 530,909]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Nacellidae by Lindberg and Hickman (1986); to Patellidae by Ladd (1966), Kensley (1972), Short and Potter (1987) and Wilson (1993); and to Patellogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

C. ampla, C. capensis, C. conciliata, C. exarata, C. melanostoma, C. sagittata, C. solida, C. tramoserica

Species lacking formal opinion data

C. feldmanni, C. radiata

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1869	Cellana Adams
1966	Cellana Ladd p. 32
1972	Cellana Kensley p. 174
1986	Cellana Lindberg and Hickman
1987	Cellana Short and Potter p. 8
1993	Cellana Wilson p. 35
2002	Cellana Sepkoski

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca

Rank	Name	Author
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Patellogastropoda	(Lindberg 1986)
order	Patellida	(Ihering 1876)
superfamily	Lottioidea	Gray 1840
family	Nacellidae	(Thiele 1929)
genus	Cellana	Adams 1869

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Cellana Adams 1869

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†Cellana ampla Lindberg and Hickman 1986

Cellana capensis Gmelin 1791

†Cellana conciliata Iredale 1940

Cellana exarata Nuttall 1839

Cellana melanostoma Pilsbry 1891

†Cellana sagittata Ladd 1945

†Cellana solida Blainville 1825

†Cellana tramoserica Holten 1802

Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
D. R. Lindberg and C. S. Hickman 1986	Shell conical, apex position central to anterior. Shell structure of five layers including myostracum; exterior layer (M+3) complex prismatic followed by foliated layer (M+2), radial crossed-lamellar layer (M+1), myostracum (M), and radial and/or complex crossed-lamellar layer (M- 1) (ventral portion of M+1 layer sometimes modified to irregularly tabulate foliated).