Scutus antipodes Montfort, 1810 is a animal in the Fissurellidae family, order Lepetellida, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Scutus antipodes Montfort, 1810
The elephant snail Scutus antipodes is a large endemic Australian marine gastropod mollusc in the Fissurellidae family.
Scutus antipodes, commonly called the elephant snail, is a large species of marine gastropod mollusc. It belongs to the family Fissurellidae, the group that includes keyhole limpets and slit limpets. This species is endemic to the waters off eastern Australia and Tasmania. Its accepted scientific name is Scutus antipodes Montfort, 1810.
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Fissurellidea bimaculata Dall, 1871
Diodora lineata (G.B.Sowerby I, 1835)
Megathura crenulata (G.B.Sowerby I, 1825)
Amblychilepas oblonga (Menke, 1843)
Scutus breviculus (Blainville, 1817)
Fissurella latimarginata G.B.Sowerby I, 1835
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