Lucapinella limatula

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Lucapinella limatula
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Lucapinella
Species:
L. limatula
Binomial name
Lucapinella limatula
(Reeve, 1850)
Synonyms
  • Fissurella aculeata Reeve, 1850
  • Fissurella limatula Reeve, 1850
  • Fissurellidea limatula Reeve, 1850
  • Lucapina limatula Reeve, 1850
  • Lucapinella talanteiaOlsson & Harbison, 1953

Lucapinella limatula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets. [1]

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Description

Length 1/2 to 3/4 inches. Shell oval, only moderately elevated; orifice near center and large, often somewhat triangular. Sculpture of alternating larger and smaller radiating ribs, made scaly by concentric wrinkles. Color brownish, with spotted whitish rays; interior white.

Distribution

This species occurs in moderately deep water in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verdes, West Africa, Angola; in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles.

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