Radiacmea inconspicua

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Radiacmea inconspicua
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Patellogastropoda
Suborder: Nacellina
Superfamily: Lottioidea
Family: Acmaeidae
Genus: Radiacmea
Species: R. inconspicua
Binomial name
Radiacmea inconspicua
(Gray, 1843)
Synonyms

Patella inconspicua Gray, 1843
Fissurella rubiginosa Hutton, 1873
Acmaea cingulata Hutton, 1883
Acmaea rubiginosa Suter, 1913

Radiacmea inconspicua is a species of small sea snail or true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Acmaeidae, the Acmaea limpets, one of the true limpet families.

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[edit] Distribution

This limpet is endemic to New Zealand including the Chatham Islands.

[edit] Habitat

This species is found on rocks at low tide, and also on the backs of Haliotis shells.

[edit] Description

The shell is of moderate size, solid, the apex at the anterior third, radially ribbed. The ribs range from 15 to 24 and averaging about 18. Usually the sculpture is obscured by a heavy coating of Melobesia coralline algae.

The interior is porcellaneous, pink to whitish, the margin narrowly edged in darker pink.

Length is up to 19 mm, width up to 15 mm, and height up to 8 mm.

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