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Patelloida perconica (H.B. Preston, 1913)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  family Lottiidae - True Limpets »  genus Patelloida

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Patelloida perconica

Author: Preston, H.B.

Description

Shell subcircular, high, conical, sculptured, with twelve or thirteen broad whitish radiating ribs, between which occur one or more whitish radiating bands, the interstices being of a blackish-brown colour ; apex very posteriorly situate, slightly overhanging; margin of shell painted with brownish black alternating with whitish, slightly produced both anteriorly and posteriorly, so that the shell does not lie quite flat when placed upon a plane; spatula whitish, not well defined posteriorly, anteriorly broadly margined with rich blackish brown, Concentrically painted, especially towards the base, with elongate blotches of pure white; below the spatula the shell shades from yellowish to bluish white, the surface being marked with multitudinous, interlacing, scratch-like striae.
Alt. 12, diam. maj. 15 mm.
Hab. Falkland Islands (A, G. Bennett).
Preston, H. B. (1913). Description of fifteen new species and varieties of marine shells from the Falkland Islands.
Author: Jan Delsing

Links and literature

EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Patelloida perconica (Preston, 1913)]
Data retrieved on: 22 November 2013

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