Lepeta caeca
| Lepeta caeca | |
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| Lepeta caeca shells | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Patellogastropoda |
| Family: | Lepetidae |
| Genus: | Lepeta |
| Species: | L. caeca |
| Binomial name | |
| Lepeta caeca (O. F. Müller, 1776) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
| Patella caeca Müller, 1776 | |
Lepeta caeca, common name the northern blind limpet, is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Lepetidae, one of the families of true limpets.[1]
Distribution
They can be found in the Arctic, Northern Pacific, and Northern Atlantic Oceans.
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
- ^ a b Lepeta caeca (Müller O.F., 1776). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 April 2010.
- ^ a b c 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.