''Patelloida pygmaea'' is a
species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a
true limpet
The Patellogastropoda, common name true limpets and historically called the Docoglossa, are members of a major phylogenetic group of marine gastropods, treated by experts either as a clade or as a taxonomic order.
The clade Patellogastropoda ...
, a marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusc
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is esti ...
in the
family Lottiidae, one of the families of true limpets.
Description
Oval shape (eggshell shape) limpet with varying colours on the shell. Usually spots on greyish-brown or pale-white background with regular edge.
Distribution
Distributed around
Yellow Sea of
Mainland China, as well as
Taiwan. Living in inter-tidal area, bay area with sheltering.
Often appears around places where
oysters are growing.
References
Lottiidae
Gastropods described in 1860
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