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Notoacmea daedala (Suter, 1907)

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

Scientific synonyms

Tectura daedala H. Suter, 1907

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Notoacmea daedala

Author: Suter, H.

Notoacmea daedala

Author: Shellauction

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Description

Shell small, oval, depressed, pellucid, radially netted with brown, apex anterior. The sculpture consists of numerous microscopic radiate striae, crenulated by fine incremental lines. Colour light yellow; numerous light-brown radiate lines give by anastomosing the whole surface a net-like appearance. Apex anterior, at about the anterior eighth, slightly pointed; anterior slope concave. Interior bluish-yellow, showing the ornamentation of the outside ; central area in¬distinctly marked ; margin sharp. Length, 7 mm. ; breadth. 5,5 mm. ; height, 2 mm. (type).
Suter, H. 1913. Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca.
Author: Jan Delsing

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