Acmaea is a genus of sea snails, specifically true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Acmaeidae, one of the families of true limpets.[1]

Acmaea
Acmaea mitra shell
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Patellogastropoda
Superfamily: Lottioidea
Family: Acmaeidae
Genus: Acmaea
Eschscholtz, 1833
Synonyms
  • Acmea [sic] misspelling
  • Patella (Acmaea) Eschscholtz, 1833 ·

Description

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The solid shel is patelliform. The apex is erect or anteriorly inclined. The shells may exhibit radial ridges or concentric growth lines.

Animal: The muzzle is frilled and produced at the lower anterior corners into two lappets or tubercles. There is no marginal cordon. The cervical gill alone is present. [2]

Distribution

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Distribution

Species of Acmaea are widely distributed throughout temperate and subtropical coastal regions worldwide, with particularly high diversity in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.

Species

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According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with accepted names are included within the genus Acmaea :

Taxa inquirenda
  • Acmaea cancellata Test, 1945
  • Acmaea concreta S. S. Berry, 1963
  • Acmaea cornea Test, 1945
  • Acmaea fouae Test, 1945
  • Acmaea gabatella S. S. Berry, 1960
  • Acmaea goodmani S. S. Berry, 1960
  • Acmaea irregularis Test, 1945
  • Acmaea mitella'' Menke, 1847 (uncertain, status not researched)
  • Acmaea multistriata W. H. Turton, 1932
  • Acmaea neglecta Schepman, 1908
  • Acmaea pileolus (Middendorff, 1848)
  • Acmaea transparens Test, 1945

Species brought into synonymy

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References

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  1. ^ Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G.; Gofas, S. (2014). Acmaea Eschscholtz, 1833. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137616 on 2014-10-31
  2. ^ Tryon (1882) Structural and systematic conchology vol. I   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Rolán E. (2005). Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. ConchBooks. Hackenheim. ISBN 3-325319-73-2. 455 pp.

  • Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp
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