Patelloida pygmaea | |
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Sample collected by Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Amoy, an island between Taiwan and Mainland China. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Patellogastropoda |
Family: | Lottiidae |
Genus: | Patelloida |
Species: | P. pygmaea |
Binomial name | |
Patelloida pygmaea (Dunker, 1860) | |
Synonyms | |
Acmaea testudinalis var. minor Grabau & King, 1928 |
Patelloida pygmaea is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Lottiidae, one of the families of true limpets.
Description
Oval shape (eggshell shape) limpet with varying colours on the shell. Usually spots on greyish-brown or pale-white background with regular edge.
Distribution
Distributed around Yellow Sea of Mainland China, as well as Taiwan. Living in inter-tidal area, bay area with sheltering. Often appears around places where oysters are growing.
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.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Patelloida pygmaea | |
Patella pygmaea |
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