Eoacmaea pustulata

Eoacmaea pustulata
	top view of a shell of Eoacmaea pustulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Patellogastropoda
Family:	Eoacmaeidae
Genus:	Eoacmaea
Species:	E. pustulata
Binomial name
	Eoacmaea pustulata; (Helbling, 1779)
Synonyms
	Acmaea puncturata(Lamarck, 1819); Acmaea pustulata(Helbling, 1779); Patella puncturataLamarck, 1819; Patella pustulataHelbling, 1779 (original combination); Patelloida pustulata(Helbling, 1779);

Last updated October 09, 2025

Eoacmaea pustulata 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]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and in the Gulf of Mexico.

References

1 2 Eoacmaea pustulata (Helbling, 1779) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .

Turgeon, D.D., et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26 page(s): 56

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[WoRMS-1] 1 2 Eoacmaea pustulata (Helbling, 1779) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .

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Eoacmaea pustulata

top view of a shell of Eoacmaea pustulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Patellogastropoda
Family:	Eoacmaeidae
Genus:	Eoacmaea
Species:	E. pustulata
Binomial name
*Eoacmaea pustulata* (Helbling, 1779)
Synonyms ^[1]
Acmaea puncturata(Lamarck, 1819) Acmaea pustulata(Helbling, 1779) Patella puncturataLamarck, 1819 Patella pustulataHelbling, 1779 (original combination) Patelloida pustulata(Helbling, 1779)