Umbraculum sinicum
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| Umbraculum sinicum (Gmelin, 1791) |
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Patella umbrella Martyn, 1786 |
Umbraculum sinicum is a species of unusual large sea snail or limpet, a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusc in the family Umbraculidae.
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[edit] Distribution
This species is found in Indo-Pacific seas, south to Australia, the Kermadec Islands, and northern New Zealand.
[edit] Habitat
This opisthobranch limpet can be found at low tide on open coasts under seaweed and in gutters.
[edit] Description
The animal is large, thick and oval, the sides of the foot crowded with large soft tubercles. The coloration of the tubercles is lavender-grey, brown in the interstices, the gills are buff, and the sole of the foot is yellowish-buff.
The shell is relatively large, broadly oval, solid, almost flat, white and calcareous, covered by a yellowish periostracum.
The shell length is up to 88 mm, and width up to 70 mm.
[edit] External links
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
