Patelloida pygmaea

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Patelloida pygmaea
Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MOL.136142 - Patelloida pygmaea (Dunker, 1860) - Lottiidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg
Sample collected by Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Amoy, an island between Taiwan and Mainland China.
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Patellogastropoda
Family: Lottiidae
Genus: Patelloida
Species:
P. pygmaea
Binomial name
Patelloida pygmaea
(Dunker, 1860)
Synonyms [1]

Acmaea testudinalis var. minorGrabau & King, 1928

Patelloida pygmaea is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Lottiidae, one of the families of true limpets. [2]

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Description

Oval shape (eggshell shape) limpet with varying colours on the shell. Usually spots on greyish-brown or pale-white background with regular edge. [3]

Distribution

Distributed around Yellow Sea of Mainland China, as well as Taiwan. Living in inter-tidal area, bay area with sheltering. [3] Often appears around places where oysters are growing. [3]

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References

  1. Nakano, T.; Ozawa, T. (2007). "Worldwide phylogeography of limpets of the order Patellogastropoda: molecular, morphological and paleontological evidence.". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 73 (1): 79–99. doi: 10.1093/mollus/eym001 .
  2. Patelloida pygmaea (Dunker, 1860). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 8 April 2010.
  3. 1 2 3 "International Shell Database: Patelloida pygmaea" (in Traditional Chinese). Taiwan Shellbase Database. Retrieved 11 August 2009.