''Eoacmaea profunda'' is a

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of sea snail, a

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, a marine gastropod

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in the

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Eoacmaeidae ''Eoacmaea'' is a genus of sea snails or true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the subclass Patellogastropoda, the true limpets. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Eoacmaea T. Nakano & Ozawa, 2007. Accessed through: World Register of ...

, one of the families of true limpets. ''Eoacmaea profunda'' is the

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in the genus ''Eoacmaea''.

Description

The size of the shell attains 9.8 mm. Patelloida profunda 001

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off

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, the

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Basin and

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References

* Dautzenberg, Ph. (1923). ''Liste préliminaire des mollusques marins de Madagascar et description de deux espèces nouvelles.'' J. conchyliol. 68: 21–74 * Ruwa, R.K. (1984). ''Invertebrate faunal zonation on rocky shores around Mombasa, Kenya''. Kenya Journal of Science and technology Series B 7(2): 41–45 * Nakano T. & Ozawa T. (2007). ''Worldwide phylogeography of limpets of the order Patellogastropoda: Molecular, morphological and palaeontological evidence.'' Journal of Molluscan Studies, 73(1): 79–99.

External links

Deshayes, G. P., 1863 Catalogue des mollusques de l‛Ile de la Réunion (Bourbon). In Maillard, L. (Ed.) Notes sur l'Ile de la Réunion (Bourbon), p. 144 p, 14 pls
Eoacmaeidae Gastropods described in 1863 {{Eoacmaeidae-stub