MolluscaBase taxon details
Cellana vitiensis A. W. B. Powell, 1973
531785 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:531785)
accepted
Species
Cellana sagittata (A. Gould, 1846) · unaccepted (synonym)
Patella sagittata A. Gould, 1846 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)
invalid: junior homonym of Patella sagittata Donovan, 1820; Cellana vitiensis is a replacement name
marine
Powell, A. W. B. (1973). The patellid limpets of the world (Patellidae). <em>Indo-Pacific Mollusca.</em> 3(15): 75-206., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46312984 [details] Available for editors 
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MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cellana vitiensis A. W. B. Powell, 1973. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531785 on 2025-09-11
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original description
Powell, A. W. B. (1973). The patellid limpets of the world (Patellidae). <em>Indo-Pacific Mollusca.</em> 3(15): 75-206., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46312984 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Patella sagittata A. Gould, 1846) Gould, A. A. (1846). Descriptions of new shells, collected by the United States Exploring Expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 141-145, 148-152 [July]; 153-156, 159-162, 165-167 [August]; 170-173, 175-176 [September]; 177-179, 180-184, 185-187, 190-192 [November]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9490825
page(s): 148. [details]
[request]original description (of Patella sagittata A. Gould, 1846) Gould, A. A. (1846). Descriptions of new shells, collected by the United States Exploring Expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 141-145, 148-152 [July]; 153-156, 159-162, 165-167 [August]; 170-173, 175-176 [September]; 177-179, 180-184, 185-187, 190-192 [November]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9490825
page(s): 148. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Malacopics (Cellana vitiensis Powell, 1973 Fiji Islands)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Patella sagittata Holotype USNM 5839) (from synonym Patella sagittata A. Gould, 1846)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Patella sagittata Holotype USNM 5839) (from synonym Patella sagittata A. Gould, 1846)
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally, from synonym
