Eoacmaea profunda

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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]

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Eoacmaea profunda
Eoacmaea profunda shell
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Patellogastropoda
Family: Eoacmaeidae
Genus: Eoacmaea
Species:
E. profunda
Binomial name
Eoacmaea profunda
(Deshayes, 1863)
Synonyms[1]
  • Acmaea profunda (Deshayes)
  • Helcioniscus profundus Deshayes, 1863 (original combination)
  • Hemitoma profunda (Deshayes, 1863)
  • Patella profunda Deshayes, 1863
  • Patelloida profunda (Deshayes, 1863)
  • Patelloida profunda albonotata (E. A. Smith, 1910)
  • Patelloida profunda profunda (Deshayes, 1863)
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Eoacmaea profunda is the type species in the genus Eoacmaea.

Description

The size of the shell attains 9.8 mm.

basal view

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar, Aldabra, the Mascarene Basin and Kenya.

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