Lucapinella limatula | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Family: | Fissurellidae |
Genus: | Lucapinella |
Species: | L. limatula |
Binomial name | |
Lucapinella limatula (Reeve, 1850) | |
Synonyms | |
Lucapinella limatula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets. [1]
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.
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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