Eoacmaea profunda

Eoacmaea profunda
Eoacmaea profunda shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Patellogastropoda
Superfamily: Eoacmaeoidea
Family: Eoacmaeidae
Genus: Eoacmaea
Species: E. profunda
Binomial name
Eoacmaea profunda
(Deshayes, 1863)
Synonyms[1]
  • 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.[1]

Eoacmaea profunda is the type species in the genus Eoacmaea.

Description

basal view

Distribution

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

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