Eoacmaea profunda

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Eoacmaea profunda
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Eoacmaea profunda shell
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
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 profundusDeshayes, 1863 (original combination)
  • Hemitoma profunda(Deshayes, 1863)
  • Patella profundaDeshayes, 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]

Contents

Eoacmaea profunda is the type species in the genus Eoacmaea.

Description

The size of the shell attains 9.8 mm.

basal view Patelloida profunda 001.jpg
basal view

Distribution

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

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