Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Lottiidae Scientific name Patelloida saccharina | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Lottioidea Genus Patelloida Rank Species | |
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Similar Patelloida, Lottiidae, Patelloida striata, Patelloida pygmaea, Patelloida latistrigata | ||
Patelloida saccharina, common name the broad-ribbed limpet, 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
The size of the shell varies between 15 mm and 50 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Red Sea, off Tanzania and Madagascar; off Japan and Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia)
References
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