Niveotectura pallida

Niveotectura pallida is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Lottiidae, one of the families of true limpets.[1]

Niveotectura pallida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Patellogastropoda
Superfamily:
Lottioidea
Family:
Lottiidae
Genus:
Niveotectura
Species:
N. pallida
Binomial name
Niveotectura pallida
(Gould, 1859)
Synonyms
  • Acmaea (Niveotectura) pallida (A. Gould, 1859) (unaccepted combination)
  • Patella lamanonii Schrenck, 1861 (a junior synonym)
  • Patella pallida A. Gould, 1859 (superseded combination)

Description

The shell can grow to be 32 mm to 60 mm.[2]

Distribution

Niveotectura pallida can be found off of north Japan, North Korea, and Sakhalin, Russia[2]

References
  1. Niveotectura pallida (Gould, 1859). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 April 2010.
  2. "Niveotectura pallida". www.gastropods.com. Retrieved 2020-04-25.


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