Discurria
Appearance
Discurria | |
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Discurria insessa living on a stipe of the feather boa kelp, in California | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Patellogastropoda |
Family: | Lottiidae |
Subfamily: | Lottiinae |
Tribe: | Lottiini |
Genus: | Discurria Lindberg, 1988[1] |
Type species | |
Patella insessa Hinds, 1842
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Discurria is a genus of sea snail. A true limpet, it is a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Lottiidae.
Species
[edit]Species within the genus Discurria include:
- Discurria insessa (Hinds, 1842)
- Discurria radiata Lindberg, 1988
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apical view
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basal view
References
[edit]- ^ Lindberg, David R. (1988). "Systematics of the Scurriini (New Tribe) of the Northeastern Pacific Ocean (Patellogastropoda: Lottiidae)". The Veliger. 40 (4): 389–392.