Notoacmea subtilis

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

Acmaea subtilis Suter, 1907

Notoacmea subtilis is a minute 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 east coast of the North Island of New Zealand, north of the Hauraki Gulf, including around Mayor Island.

[edit] Habitat

This species is found at depths of between 18 and 55 m.

[edit] Description

The shell is similar to Notoacmea daedala but always thinner, and uniformly pale buff, ornamented with thin radiating brown lines that do not form into a netted pattern.

The shell length is up to 2.5 mm, width 1.5 mm, and height 0.05 mm.

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