Patelloida striata

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

Patelloida striata
Shell of Patelloida striata (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
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P. striata
Binomial name
Patelloida striata
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
Synonyms
  • Acmaea striata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
  • Collisella striata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)

Description

The length of the shell attains 30.4 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Indonesia

Basal view

References

  • Quoy, H. E. Th. & Gaimard, P., 1834 Mollusques. Zoologie. In Voyage de découvertes de l'Astrolabe, exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville, vol. 3(1), p. 1-366
  • Yip, S. Y. (1978). The ecology of coastal reclamation in Hong Kong. Mphil thesis. The University of Hong Kong.
  • 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.
  • Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.


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