Erginus rubellus

Erginus rubellus is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Erginidae, one of the families of true limpets.[1]

Erginus rubellus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Patellogastropoda
Family: Erginidae
Genus: Erginus
Species:
E. rubellus
Binomial name
Erginus rubellus
(O. Fabricius, 1780)
Synonyms[1]
  • Acmaea rubella
  • Patella rubella O. Fabricius, 1780 (original combination)
  • Problacmaea rubella (O. Fabricius, 1780)

Description

Distribution

  • West Greenland and East Greenland[1]
  • Canada: Queen Elizabeth Islands, Baffin Island, Labrador, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia[1]
  • Iceland[1]

Ecology

Habitat of Erginus rubellus include infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary.

References

This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference.[1]

  • Brunel, P.; Bosse, L.; Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p.
  • Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp.


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