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

Cellana rota (Gmelin, 1791)

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

*Patella variegata*	Reeve, 1842	junior homonym; nom. inval.
*Patella pharaonis*	Jousseaume, 1888	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Christiaens J. (1986) Notes sur quelques Patellidae (Gastropoda) de l'Océan Indien. Apex 1(4): 97-127.
additional source	Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) Seashells of eastern Arabia. Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp.
additional source	Zenetos, A., M.E. Cinar, M.A. Pancucci-Papadopoulou, J.G. Harmelin, G. Furnari, F. Andaloro, N. Bellou, N. Streftaris & H. Zibrowius. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. Mediterranean Marine Science. 6 (2): 63-118.
additional source	Tomlin, J. R. le B. (1927). Report on the Mollusca (Amphineura, Gastropoda, Scaphopoda, Pelecypoda) [in] Zoological Results of the Cambridge Expedition to the Suez Canal. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. 22: 291-320.
additional source	Drivas, J. & Jay, M. (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection les beautés de la nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. pp. 1-160.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cellana rota (Gmelin, 1791). 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:707486