Biology:Eoacmaea profunda

Short description: Species of gastropod

Eoacmaea profunda
Eoacmaea profunda shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Patellogastropoda
Family:	Eoacmaeidae
Genus:	Eoacmaea
Species:	E. profunda
Binomial name
Eoacmaea profunda (Deshayes, 1863)
Synonyms
Acmaea profunda (Deshayes) Helcioniscus profundus Deshayes, 1863 (original combination) Hemitoma profunda (Deshayes, 1863) Patella profunda Deshayes, 1863 Patelloida profunda (Deshayes, 1863) Patelloida profunda albonotata (E. A. Smith, 1910) Patelloida profunda profunda (Deshayes, 1863)

Eoacmaea profunda is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eoacmaeidae, one of the families of true limpets.

Eoacmaea profunda is the type species in the genus Eoacmaea.

Description

The size of the shell attains 9.8 mm.

basal view

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar , Aldabra, the Mascarene Basin and Kenya.

References

• Dautzenberg, Ph. (1923). Liste préliminaire des mollusques marins de Madagascar et description de deux espèces nouvelles. J. conchyliol. 68: 21–74
• Ruwa, R.K. (1984). Invertebrate faunal zonation on rocky shores around Mombasa, Kenya. Kenya Journal of Science and technology Series B 7(2): 41–45
• Nakano T. & Ozawa T. (2007). Worldwide phylogeography of limpets of the order Patellogastropoda: Molecular, morphological and palaeontological evidence. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 73(1): 79–99.

External links

• Deshayes, G. P., 1863 Catalogue des mollusques de l‛Ile de la Réunion (Bourbon). In Maillard, L. (Ed.) Notes sur l'Ile de la Réunion (Bourbon), p. 144 p, 14 pls

Wikidata ☰ Q5381574 entry