Discurria

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Discurria
Discurria insessa.jpg
Discurria insessa living on a stipe of the feather boa kelp, in California
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Patellogastropoda
Superfamily: Lottioidea
Family: Lottiidae
Subfamily: Lottiinae
Tribe: Lottiini
Genus: Discurria
Lindberg, 1988 [1]
Type species
Patella insessa
Hinds, 1842

Discurria is a genus of sea snail. A true limpet, it is a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Lottiidae.

Species

Species within the genus Discurria include:

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References

  1. Lindberg, David R. (1988). "Systematics of the Scurriini (New Tribe) of the Northeastern Pacific Ocean (Patellogastropoda: Lottiidae)". The Veliger. 40 (4): 389–392.