Eoacmaea pustulata
| Eoacmaea pustulata | |
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| top view of a shell of Eoacmaea pustulata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Patellogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Eoacmaeoidea |
| Family: | Eoacmaeidae |
| Genus: | Eoacmaea |
| Species: | E. pustulata |
| Binomial name | |
| Eoacmaea pustulata (Helbling, 1779) | |
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Eoacmaea pustulata 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]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and in the Gulf of Mexico.
References
- 1 2 Eoacmaea pustulata (Helbling, 1779). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 April 2010.
- Turgeon, D.D., et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26 page(s): 56
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