Nipponacmea concinna is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Lottiidae, one of the families of true limpets.[1]

Nipponacmea concinna
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Patellogastropoda
Family: Lottiidae
Genus: Nipponacmea
Species:
N. concinna
Binomial name
Nipponacmea concinna
(Lischke, 1870)
Synonyms
  • Acmaea (Notoacmea) concinna (Lischke, 1870)
  • Acmaea concinna Lischke, 1870 (original combination)
  • Notoacmea concinna (Lischke, 1870)
  • Patelloida concinna (Lischke, 1870) (unaccepted combination)
  • Tectura concinna (Lischke, 1870) (unaccepted combination)

Description edit

Distribution edit

This marine species occurs off Japan

References edit

  • Jiang JX. & Zhou QL. (1982). A preliminary survey of the rocky intertidal communities along Tolo Harbour, Hong Kong. In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of the first international marine biological workshop: The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China . Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong.2: pp 673-686.
  • Takada, Y. (1997). Recruitment, Growth and Survival of Nipponacmea Limpets on a Boulder Shore in Amakusa. Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan). 56 (2): 145-155.
  • 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.
  • Takada, Y. (2001). Comparison of the Activity Patterns of Nine Molluscan Grazers on a Boulder Shore at Amakusa, Japan. Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan). 60 (3): 157-172

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