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Tectura paleacea A. A. Gould, 1853

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

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Tectura paleacea

Author: Manual of Conchology

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Description

Shell small, thin, long and narrow, parallel sided ; apex near the front end. Surface sculptured with close radiating riblets. Color yellowish-brown, darker toward the margins and on the front slope. Length 7, breadth 1,5 mm., alt. 2 mm.
Tryon, G.W. & Pilsbry, H.A.,1891; Manual of Conchology; Vol. XIII ; Acmaeidae, Lepetidae, Patellidae, Titiscaniidae.

Interchangeable taxa

Smaller and narrower than T. depicta, the surface radiately ribbed and not variegated. The sculpture is quite distinct under a lens of moderate power.

Distribution

Monterey, Santa Barbara and San Diego, California.
Author: Jan Delsing

Similar species

Notoacmea scapha (Suter, 1907)
Tectura depicta (R.B. Hinds, 1842)

Links and literature

EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Tectura paleacea Gould, 1853]
Data retrieved on: 22 November 2013

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