Lepeta caeca

Lepeta caeca, common name the northern blind limpet, is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Lepetidae, one of the families of true limpets.[1]

Lepeta caeca
Lepeta caeca shells
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Patellogastropoda
Superfamily:
Lottioidea
Family:
Lepetidae
Genus:
Lepeta
Species:
L. caeca
Binomial name
Lepeta caeca
Synonyms[1]

Patella caeca Müller, 1776

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 18 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 4 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 1097 m.[2]

References
  1. Lepeta caeca (Müller O.F., 1776). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 April 2010.
  2. Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.


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