Notoacmea flammea 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]

Notoacmea flammea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Patellogastropoda
Family: Lottiidae
Genus: Notoacmea
Species:
N. flammea
Binomial name
Notoacmea flammea
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
Synonyms[1]
  • Acmaea scabrilirata Angas, 1865
  • Acmaea subundulata Angas, 1865
  • Chiazacmea flammea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
  • Notoacmea flammea diminuta Iredale, 1924
  • Notoacmea granulosa Macpherson, 1955 (junior synonym)
  • Notoacmea mixta (Reeve, 1855)
  • Notoacmaea scabrilirata Angas, 1865
  • Patella mixta Reeve, 1855
  • Patelloida flammea Quoy and Gaimard, 1834 (original description)

Description edit

The length of the shell attains 11.2 mm.

Distribution edit

This marine species occurs off Tasmania, Australia.

 
Basal view

References edit

  • 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.
  • Grove, S. 2011. The Seashells of Tasmania: A Comprehensive Guide. Taroona, Australia: Taroona Publications. [vi], 81

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