Notoacmea parviconoida

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

Acmaea conoidea Hutton, 1883
Acmaea parviconoida Suter, 1907

Notoacmea parviconoida is a small 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 New Zealand including the Chatham Islands.

[edit] Habitat

This common species is found in the mid to upper intertidal zone, often on Mytilus, Perna, and Modiolus shells.

[edit] Description

The shell is small. ovate, high-conical, with the apex at about the anterior third. The surface is smooth to faintly radially ribbed.

Coloration is extremely variable, in the form of numerous to sparse, dark brown lines or stripes on a greyish-white ground. Occasional examples are almost wholly dark brown, with a few whitish marginal streaks.

The shell length is up to 4.5 mm, width 4 mm, and height 3.5 mm.

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