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Eoacmaea profunda

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Eoacmaea profunda
Eoacmaea profunda shell
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Patellogastropoda
Family: Eoacmaeidae
Genus: Eoacmaea
Species:
E. profunda
Binomial name
Eoacmaea profunda
(Deshayes, 1863)
Synonyms[1]
  • Acmaea profunda (Deshayes)
  • Helcioniscus profundus Deshayes, 1863 (original combination)
  • Hemitoma profunda (Deshayes, 1863)
  • Patella profunda Deshayes, 1863
  • Patelloida profunda (Deshayes, 1863)
  • Patelloida profunda albonotata (E. A. Smith, 1910)
  • Patelloida profunda profunda (Deshayes, 1863)

Eoacmaea profunda is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eoacmaeidae, one of the families of true limpets.[1]

Eoacmaea profunda is the type species in the genus Eoacmaea.

Description

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The size of the shell attains 9.8 mm.

basal view

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar, Aldabra, the Mascarene Basin and Kenya.

References

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  1. ^ a b Eoacmaea profunda (Deshayes, 1863). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 April 2010.
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1923). Liste préliminaire des mollusques marins de Madagascar et description de deux espèces nouvelles. J. conchyliol. 68: 21–74
  • Ruwa, R.K. (1984). Invertebrate faunal zonation on rocky shores around Mombasa, Kenya. Kenya Journal of Science and technology Series B 7(2): 41–45
  • Nakano T. & Ozawa T. (2007). Worldwide phylogeography of limpets of the order Patellogastropoda: Molecular, morphological and palaeontological evidence. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 73(1): 79–99.
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