Erginus rubellus

Erginus rubellus is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Acmaeidae, one of the families of true limpets.[1]

Erginus rubellus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Patellogastropoda
Superfamily:
Lottioidea
Family:
Acmaeidae
Genus:
Erginus
Species:
E. rubellus
Binomial name
Erginus rubellus
(O. Fabricius, 1780)
Synonyms[1]
  • Acmaea rubella
  • Patella rubella O. Fabricius, 1780 (original combination)
  • Problacmaea rubella (O. Fabricius, 1780)

Description

Distribution
  • West Greenland and East Greenland[1]
  • Canada: Queen Elizabeth Islands, Baffin Island, Labrador, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia[1]
  • Iceland[1]

Ecology

Habitat of Erginus rubellus include infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary.

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References

This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference.[1]

  1. Erginus rubellus (Fabricius O., 1780). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 April 2010.
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213


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