Patelloida conulus

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Patelloida conulus is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Lottiidae,[7] one of the families of true limpets.[1]

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Patelloida conulus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Patellogastropoda
Family: Lottiidae
Genus: Patelloida
Species:
P. conulus
Binomial name
Patelloida conulus
(Dunker, 1861)
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Patelloida pygmaea forma conulus (Dunker, 1861)[3]
  • Patelloida lampanicola Habe, 1944[4]
  • Patelloida pygmaea lampanicola Habe, 1944[5]
  • Chiazacmaea pygmaea lampanicola (Habe)[6]
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Description

Length of shell is 4.9 millimetres (0.19 in)[3]

Distribution

Distributed in East Asia region, from the northeast at South Korea,[3][8] down to the Taiwan and Kinmen (Quemoy) around the Taiwan Strait[3][5][2][9] and also in Hong Kong.[1][10][11]

The shell lives in intertidal area,[6] sometimes attached to sand basal or on top of rocks or shells inside calm sea bay.[3]

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