''Eoacmaea albonotata'' is a
species
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of
sea snail, a
true limpet
The Patellogastropoda, common name true limpets and historically called the Docoglossa, are members of a major phylogenetic group of marine gastropods, treated by experts either as a clade or as a taxonomic order.
The clade Patellogastropoda ...
, a marine
gastropod mollusk
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in the
family
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Eoacmaeidae
''Eoacmaea'' is a genus of sea snails or true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the subclass Patellogastropoda, the true limpets. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Eoacmaea T. Nakano & Ozawa, 2007. Accessed through: World Register o ...
, one of the families of true limpets.
The species is found off Natal, South Africa.
References
* Smith, E.A. (1901) ''On South African marine shells, with descriptions of new species''. Journal of Conchology, 10, 104–116, 1 pl.
* 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
Eoacmaeidae
Gastropods described in 1901
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