Atalacmea multilinea

Taxobox
name = "Atalacmea multilinea"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
ordo = Patellogastropoda
subordo = Nacellina
superfamilia = Lottioidea
familia = Acmaeidae
genus = "Atalacmea"
species = "A. multilinea"
binomial = "Atalacmea multilinea"
binomial_authority = Powell, 1934
synonyms =

"Atalacmea multilinea" is a species of sea snail or true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Acmaeidae.

Distribution

This limpet is endemic to New Zealand, on the coasts of Otago in the South Island, and Stewart Island.

Habitat

This species is found in rock pools.

Description

The ground colour is white or pinkish-buff.

Length is up to 9 mm, width up to 6 mm, and height up to 1.75 mm.

References

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