Lepeta caeca
Species of gastropod
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Lepeta caeca, common name the northern blind limpet, is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Lepetidae, one of the families of true limpets.[1]
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| Lepeta caeca shells | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Patellogastropoda |
| Family: | Lepetidae |
| Genus: | Lepeta |
| Species: | L. caeca |
| Binomial name | |
| Lepeta caeca (O. F. Müller, 1776) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Patella caeca Müller, 1776 | |
Distribution
They can be found in the Arctic, Northern Pacific, and Northern Atlantic Oceans.