Lepeta caeca

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Lepeta caeca
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Lepeta caeca shells
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Patellogastropoda
Family: Lepetidae
Genus: Lepeta
Species:
L. caeca
Binomial name
Lepeta caeca
Synonyms [1]

Patella caecaMüller, 1776

Lepeta caeca, common name the northern blind limpet, is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Lepetidae, one of the families of true limpets. [1]

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Distribution

They can be found in the Arctic, Northern Pacific, and Northern Atlantic Oceans.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 18 mm. [2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 4 m. [2] Maximum recorded depth is 1097 m. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Lepeta caeca (Müller O.F., 1776) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 8 April 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.


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