Eoacmaea profunda
Species of gastropod
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Eoacmaea profunda 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]
| Eoacmaea profunda | |
|---|---|
| Eoacmaea profunda shell | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Patellogastropoda |
| Family: | Eoacmaeidae |
| Genus: | Eoacmaea |
| Species: | E. profunda |
| Binomial name | |
| Eoacmaea profunda (Deshayes, 1863) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Eoacmaea profunda is the type species in the genus Eoacmaea.
Description
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar, Aldabra, the Mascarene Basin and Kenya.
