Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Patellogastropoda > Superfamily Patelloidea > Family Nacellidae > Genus Cellana

Cellana radiata (Born, 1778)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Patella Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cellana*	H. Adams, 1869	accepted genus name
*Nacella (Cellana)*	H. Adams, 1869	synonym
*Patella (Granopatella)*	Pallary, 1920	synonym

Species group names

*Cellana radiata radiata*	(Born, 1778)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: クルマガサ

Literature

basis of record	Nakano T. & Ozawa T. (2007). Worldwide phylogeography of limpets of the order Patellogastropoda: molecular, morphological and paleontological evidence. Journal of Molluscan Studies 73(1): 79–99.
additional source	Yokogawa, K. (2015). Growth-related Conchological Changes in the Japanese True Limpets of the Family Nacellidae. Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan). 72 (1-4): 29-48.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Hulings, N. C. (1985). Activity patterns and homing in two intertidal limpets, Jordan Gulf of Aqaba. The Nautilus. 99(2-3): 75-80.
additional source	Christiaens J. (1986) Notes sur quelques Patellidae (Gastropoda) de l'Océan Indien. Apex 1(4): 97-127.
additional source	Ismail, N. S.; Elkarmi, A. Z. (1999). Age, Growth, and Shell Morphometrics of the Limpet Cellana radiata (Born,1778) From the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea. Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan). 58 (2): 61-69.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cellana radiata (Born, 1778). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207651