Notoacmea pileopsis

Notoacmea pileopsis
Shell of Notoacmea pileopsis (neotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Patellogastropoda
Family:	Lottiidae
Genus:	Notoacmea
Species:	N. pileopsis
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, commonly known as the 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.

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)

Description

The length of the shell attains 14.7 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Zealand.

References

• Powell A. W. B., William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
• Nakano T. & Ozawa T. (2007). Worldwide phylogeography of limpets of the order Patellogastropoda: molecular, morphological and paleontological evidence. Journal of Molluscan Studies 73(1): 79–99
• Nakano T., Marshall B.A., Kennedy M., Spencer H.G. (2009). The phylogeny and taxonomy of New Zealand Notoacmea and Patelloida species (Mollusca: Patellogastropoda: Lottiidae) inferred from DNA sequences. Molluscan Research 29: 33–59.

External links

• Quoy J.R.C. & Gaimard J.P. (1832-1835). Voyage de découvertes de l'"Astrolabe" exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie