Helcion pectunculus | |
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Five views of a shell of Helcion pectunculus (Gmelin, 1791) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Patellogastropoda |
Family: | Patellidae |
Genus: | Helcion |
Species: | H. pectunculus
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Binomial name | |
Helcion pectunculus (Gmelin, 1791)
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Helcion pectunculus, common name the prickly limpet, is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Patellidae, one of the families of true limpets.[1]