Patelloida pygmaea
Patelloida pygmaea is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Lottiidae, one of the families of true limpets.[2]
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| Sample collected by Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Amoy, an island between Taiwan and Mainland China. | |
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| (unranked): | clade Patellogastropoda |
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| Species: | P. pygmaea |
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| Patelloida pygmaea (Dunker, 1860) | |
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Acmaea testudinalis var. minor Grabau & King, 1928 | |
Description
Oval shape (eggshell shape) limpet with varying colours on the shell. Usually spots on greyish-brown or pale-white background with regular edge.[3]
Distribution
Distributed around Yellow Sea of Mainland China, as well as Taiwan. Living in inter-tidal area, bay area with sheltering.[3] Often appears around places where oysters are growing.[3]
References
- 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. doi:10.1093/mollus/eym001.
- Patelloida pygmaea (Dunker, 1860). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 April 2010.
- "International Shell Database: Patelloida pygmaea" (in Traditional Chinese). Taiwan Shellbase Database. Retrieved 11 August 2009.
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