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Patelloida saccharina
Species of mollusc From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Patelloida saccharina, common name the broad-ribbed limpet, is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Lottiidae, one of the families of true limpets.[1]
- Subspecies
- Patelloida saccharina lanx (Reeve, 1855)
- Patelloida saccharina stella (Lesson, 1831)
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Description
The size of the shell varies between 15 mm and 50 mm.
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Distribution
This species occurs in the Red Sea, off Tanzania and Madagascar; off Japan and Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia)
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External links
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