Acmaea mitra
Species of gastropod / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Acmaea mitra, common name the whitecap limpet, is a species of sea snail or true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Acmaeidae, one of the families of true limpets.
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Acmaea mitra | |
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A live individual of Acmaea mitra. The shell is covered in encrusting red coralline algae, which is why it appears to be pink | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Patellogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Lottioidea |
Family: | Acmaeidae |
Genus: | Acmaea |
Species: | A. mitra |
Binomial name | |
Acmaea mitra Rathke, 1833 | |
Synonyms | |
Scurria mitra (Rathke, 1833) superseded combination |
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