Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Lottiidae Scientific name Patelloida conulus | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Lottioidea Genus Patelloida Rank Species | |
Similar Patelloida pygmaea, Lottia luchuana, Patelloida saccharinoides | ||
Patelloida conulus is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Lottiidae, one of the families of true limpets.
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Description
Length of shell is 4.9 millimetres (0.19 in)
Distribution
Distributed in East Asia region, from the northest at South Korea, down to the Taiwan and Jinmen around the Taiwan Strait and also in Hong Kong.
The shell lives in intertidal area, sometimes attached to sand basal or on top of rocks or shells inside calm sea bay.
References
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