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.