Scutellastra optima
Scutellastra optima is a species of true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Patellidae.
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Description
The shell of the holotype measures 64 mm × 80 mm (2.5 in × 3.1 in). (Original description) The shell is large, solid, and ovate in shape, with a distinctly depressed profile. Its sculpture consists of numerous low radial riblets, which are approximately equal in width to the intervals between them. These riblets are layered over a coarser underlying structure of about a dozen low, broad radial elevations. The color is striking: the depressed spaces between the primary elevations are a dull, deep maroon, while the smaller intervals between the riblets on the raised portions exhibit a diluted shade of the same hue. The interior is white, featuring a central field clouded with cinnamon tones.
Range & habitat
Scutellastra optima occurs in the northwestern Pacific. The holotype was obtained from Yakushima (Japan).
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1212296.