Lucapina sowerbii
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| name = Lucapina sowerbii
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| image_caption = Top and underside view of a shell of Lucapina sowerbii
| taxon = Lucapina sowerbii
| authority = (Sowerby, 1835)
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Lucapina sowerbii, common name Sowerby's fleshy limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.{{WRMS species|419366|Lucapina sowerbii (Sowerby I, 1835)||16 January 2013}}
Description
The size of the shell varies between 15 mm and 30 mm.
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Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean from Florida to Brazil; in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles.
References
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- Turgeon, D.D., et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26 page(s): 58
- Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
External links
- {{Gastropods.com|key=5|id=4625|title=Lucapina sowerbii|access-date=16 January 2019}}
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Category:Gastropods described in 1835
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