Notoacmea pileopsis

Notoacmea pileopsis, commonly known as the black-edged limpet, is a species of sea snail or true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Lottiidae, one of the families of true limpets.[1]

Notoacmea pileopsis
Shell of Notoacmea pileopsis (neotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Patellogastropoda
Superfamily:
Lottioidea
Family:
Lottiidae
Genus:
Notoacmea
Species:
N. porosus
Binomial name
Notoacmea pileopsis
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
Synonyms
  • Notoacmea (Notoacmea) pileopsis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Notoacmea (Notoacmea) pileopsis pileopsis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
  • Patelloida pileopsis Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)

Subspecies

The following subspecies have been named within this species:

    • Notoacmea pileopsis pileopsis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
    • Notoacmea pileopsis cellanoides (Oliver, 1926): synonym of Notoacmea cellanoides W. R. B. Oliver, 1926
    • Notoacmea pileopsis sturnus (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841): synonym of Notoacmea sturnus (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841)

Description

The length of the shell attains 14.7 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Zealand.

References
  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Notoacmea pileopsis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456628 on 2021-10-03
  • Powell A. W. B., William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  • Nakano T. & Ozawa T. (2007). Worldwide phylogeography of limpets of the order Patellogastropoda: molecular, morphological and paleontological evidence. Journal of Molluscan Studies 73(1): 79–99
  • Nakano T., Marshall B.A., Kennedy M., Spencer H.G. (2009). The phylogeny and taxonomy of New Zealand Notoacmea and Patelloida species (Mollusca: Patellogastropoda: Lottiidae) inferred from DNA sequences. Molluscan Research 29: 33-59.
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