''Asteracmea'' is a
genus of true
limpet
Limpets are a group of aquatic snails that exhibit a conical shell shape (patelliform) and a strong, muscular foot. Limpets are members of the class Gastropoda, but are polyphyletic, meaning the various groups called "limpets" descended indep ...
s,
marine
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusc
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s in the
family Lottiidae.
Species
* ''
Asteracmea axiaerata
''Asteracmea'' is a genus of true limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Lottiidae.
Species
* '' Asteracmea axiaerata''
* '' Asteracmea illibrata'' (J. C. Verco, 1906)
* '' Asteracmea roseoradiata'' (J. C. Verco, 1912)
* '' Astera ...
''
* ''
Asteracmea illibrata'' (
J. C. Verco
Sir Joseph Cooke Verco (1 August 1851 – 26 July 1933) was an Australian physician and conchologist.
Early years
Verco, born at Fullarton, South Australia, was a son of James Crabb Verco. Both his parents came from Cornwall, UK. He was edu ...
, 1906)
* ''
Asteracmea roseoradiata'' (
J. C. Verco
Sir Joseph Cooke Verco (1 August 1851 – 26 July 1933) was an Australian physician and conchologist.
Early years
Verco, born at Fullarton, South Australia, was a son of James Crabb Verco. Both his parents came from Cornwall, UK. He was edu ...
, 1912)
* ''
Asteracmea stowae''
* ''
Asteracmea suteri
''Asteracmea suteri'' is a species of sea snail or true limpet, a marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusc in the family (biology), family Lottiidae.
References
* Arthur William Baden Powell, Powell A. W. B., William Collins Publishers Ltd, ...
'' (
Iredale, 1915)
References
*
Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'',
William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
Lottiidae
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