Lepeta caeca
Lepeta caeca, common name the northern blind limpet, is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Lepetidae, one of the families of true limpets.[1]
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| Lepeta caeca shells | |
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| (unranked): | clade Patellogastropoda |
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| Species: | L. caeca |
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| Lepeta caeca (O. F. Müller, 1776) | |
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Patella caeca Müller, 1776 | |
Distribution
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 4 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 1097 m.[2]
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References
- Lepeta caeca (Müller O.F., 1776). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 April 2010.
- Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
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