Eoacmaea profunda
Appearance
Eoacmaea profunda | |
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Eoacmaea profunda shell | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Patellogastropoda |
Family: | Eoacmaeidae |
Genus: | Eoacmaea |
Species: | E. profunda
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Binomial name | |
Eoacmaea profunda (Deshayes, 1863)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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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
[edit]The size of the shell attains 9.8 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar, Aldabra, the Mascarene Basin and Kenya.
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
External links
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