Actinoleuca campbelli campbelli

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Actinoleuca campbelli campbelli
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Patellogastropoda
Suborder: Nacellina
Superfamily: Lottioidea
Family: Acmaeidae
Genus: Actinoleuca
Species: A. campbelli
Subspecies: A. campbelli campbelli
Trinomial name
Actinoleuca campbelli campbelli
(Filhol, 1880)
Synonyms

Patella campbelli Filhol, 1880

Actinoleuca campbelli campbelli is a subspecies of sea snail or true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Acmaeidae.

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[edit] Distribution

This limpet is endemic to New Zealand's Campbell, Auckland, and Antipodes islands.

[edit] Habitat

This subspecies is found from low tide to depths of about 30 m.

[edit] Description

The shell is small, roundly ovate, conical, finely radially ribbed. The apex is at about the anterior third of the length.

Coloration of the exterior is pink, with the ribs darker pink. The interior is pale pink, obscurely rayed, and darker at the margin.

Length is up to 6 mm, width up to 5 mm, and height up to 3 mm.

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