Discurria

Discurria is a genus of sea snail. A true limpet, it is a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Lottiidae.

Discurria
Discurria insessa living on a stipe of the feather boa kelp, in California
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Patellogastropoda
Superfamily:
Lottioidea
Family:
Lottiidae
Genus:
Discurria

Type species
Patella insessa
Hinds, 1842

Species

Species within the genus Discurria include:

References
  1. Lindberg, David R. (1988). "Systematics of the Scurriini (New Tribe) of the Northeastern Pacific Ocean (Patellogastropoda: Lottiidae)". The Veliger. 40 (4): 389–392.
  • apical view
  • basal view


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