Actinoleuca campbelli campbelli

Actinoleuca campbelli campbelli

Taxobox
name = "Actinoleuca campbelli campbelli"


image_caption =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
ordo = Patellogastropoda
subordo = Nacellina
superfamilia = Lottioidea
familia = Acmaeidae
genus = "Actinoleuca"
species = "A. campbelli"
subspecies = "A. campbelli campbelli"
trinomial = "Actinoleuca campbelli campbelli"
trinomial_authority = (Filhol, 1880)
synonyms = "Patella campbelli" Filhol, 1880

"Actinoleuca campbelli campbelli" is a subspecies of sea snail or true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Acmaeidae.

Distribution

This limpet is endemic to New Zealand's Campbell, Auckland, and Antipodes islands.

Habitat

This subspecies is found from low tide to depths of about 30 m.

Description

The shell is small, roundly ovate, conical, finely radially ribbed. The apex is at about the anterior third of the length.

Coloration of the exterior is pink, with the ribs darker pink. The interior is pale pink, obscurely rayed, and darker at the margin.

Length is up to 6 mm, width up to 5 mm, and height up to 3 mm.

References

* Powell A. W. B., William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1


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