Lucapinella limatula (Reeve 1850)

Lucapinella limatula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.^[1]

Description

Length 1/2 to 3/4 inches. Shell oval, only moderately elevated; orifice near center and large, often somewhat triangular. Sculpture of alternating larger and smaller radiating ribs, made scaly by concentric wrinkles. Color brownish, with spotted whitish rays; interior white.

Distribution

This species occurs in moderately deep water in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verdes, West Africa, Angola; in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles.

References

• Morris, P.A. (1973) "A Field Guide to Shells of the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies," Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston.
• 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
• Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
• 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.