Scutellastra

Scutellastra is a genus of sea snails with gills, typical true limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Patellidae, the true limpets.

In Branch et al. 2002, Scutellastra is mentioned as a genus while according to Vaught it is actually a subgenus. All species listed in Branch et al. as belonging to the genus of Scutellastra were not entered into the database under this genus, but were directly placed under Patella (Scutellastra) - being the right taxonomic classification according to Vaught.

Species
Species within the genus Scutellastra include:
 * Scutellastra aphanes (Robson, 1986)
 * Scutellastra argenvillei (Krauss, 1848)
 * † Scutellastra aurorae (C. A. Fleming, 1973)
 * Scutellastra barbara (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Scutellastra chapmani (Tenison-Woods, 1875)
 * Scutellastra cochlear (Born, 1778)
 * † Scutellastra cooperi Powell, 1938
 * Scutellastra exusta (Reeve, 1854)
 * Scutellastra flexuosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
 * Scutellastra granularis (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Scutellastra kermadecensis (Pilsbry, 1894)
 * Scutellastra laticostata (Blainville, 1825)
 * Scutellastra longicosta (Lamarck, 1819)
 * Scutellastra mexicana (Broderip & G.B. Sowerby I, 1829)
 * Scutellastra miliaris (Philippi, 1848)
 * Scutellastra natalensis (F. Krauss, 1848)
 * Scutellastra obtecta (Krauss, 1848)
 * Scutellastra optima (Pilsbry, 1927)
 * Scutellastra peronii (Blainville, 1825)
 * Scutellastra tabularis (Krauss, 1848)
 * Scutellastra tucopiana Powell, 1925
 * Species brought into synonymy:
 * Scutellastra pica (Reeve, 1854) : synonym of Scutellastra exusta (Reeve, 1854)