Notoacmea daedala

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Notoacmea daedala
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Patellogastropoda
Suborder: Nacellina
Superfamily: Lottioidea
Family: Acmaeidae
Subfamily: Acmaeinae
Genus: Notoacmea
Species: N. daedala
Binomial name
Notoacmea daedala
(Suter, 1907)
Synonyms

Acmaea flammea Hutton, 1883
Acmaea daedala Suter, 1907

Notoacmea daedala is a species 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 the North and South islands of New Zealand.

[edit] Habitat

This species is found under intertidal stones and in rock pools.

[edit] Description

The shell is small, thin, pellucid, oval to elongate-oval, and depressed.

Shell coloration is yellowish to pale green with light brown radiate lines that anastomose, and give an overall netted pattern. The interior has the radiate markings showing through at the edges, the muscle attachment mark on the underside of the shell indistinct, and usually with a smear of greenish or bluish enamel between the it and the margin.

The shell length is up to 7 mm, width 5.5 mm, and height 2 mm.

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