Notoacmea pileopsis

Notoacmea pileopsis
	Shell of Notoacmea pileopsis (neotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Patellogastropoda
Superfamily:	Lottioidea
Family:	Lottiidae
Genus:	Notoacmea
Species:	N. porosus
Binomial name
	Notoacmea pileopsis; (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
Synonyms
	Notoacmea (Notoacmea) pileopsis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)· accepted, alternate representation; Notoacmea (Notoacmea) pileopsis pileopsis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834); Patelloida pileopsis Quoy & Gaimard, 1834);

Notoacmea pileopsis, common name black edged limpet, is a species of sea snail or true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Lottiidae, one of the families of true limpets. ^[1]

Subspecies

The following subspecies have been named within this species:

- Notoacmea pileopsis pileopsis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
- Notoacmea pileopsis cellanoides (Oliver, 1926): synonym of Notoacmea cellanoides W. R. B. Oliver, 1926
- Notoacmea pileopsis sturnus (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841): synonym of Notoacmea sturnus (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841)

The length of the shell attains 14.7 mm.

This marine species occurs off New Zealand.

^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Notoacmea pileopsis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456628 on 2021-10-03

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