Scutus antipodes

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}

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| image = Elephant Snail (Scutus antipodes).jpg

| image_caption =Elephant snail on a rock, side view

| taxon = Scutus antipodes

| authority = Montfort, 1817

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|Aviscutum veitchi|Cotton, 1953

|Parmophorus elongatus|Blainville, 1817

|Scutus elongatus|(Blainville, 1817)

|Scutus veitchi|(Cotton, 1953)}}

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Scutus antipodes, also known as the elephant snail,{{Cite web|title=Scutus (Scutus) antipodes (Montfort, 1810), Elephant Snail|url=https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/species/8734|access-date=2023-03-22|website=Museums Victoria Collections}} is a large species of marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.{{cite WoRMS|id=437217|title=Scutus antipodes Montfort, 1817|db=mollusca|access-date=16 December 2024}} S. antipodes is endemic to the waters off eastern Australia and Tasmania.Oliver, A.P.H. (2004). Guide to Seashells of the World. Buffalo: Firefly Books. 24.