Patelloida pygmaea
Sample collected by Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Amoy, an island between Taiwan and Mainland China.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Patellogastropoda
Superfamily:
Lottioidea
Family:
Lottiidae
Genus:
Patelloida
Species:
P. pygmaea
Binomial name
Patelloida pygmaea
(Dunker, 1860)
Synonyms[1]

Acmaea testudinalis var. minor Grabau & King, 1928

Patelloida pygmaea is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Lottiidae, one of the families of true limpets.[2]

Description

Oval shape (eggshell shape) limpet with varying colours on the shell. Usually spots on greyish-brown or pale-white background with regular edge.[3]

Distribution

Distributed around Yellow Sea of Mainland China, as well as Taiwan. Living in inter-tidal area, bay area with sheltering.[3] Often appears around places where oysters are growing.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ Patelloida pygmaea (Dunker, 1860). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 April 2010.
  3. 1 2 3 "International Shell Database: Patelloida pygmaea" (in Traditional Chinese). Taiwan Shellbase Database. Retrieved 11 August 2009.


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