Acmaeidae
- Phylum: Mollusca
- Class: Gastropoda
- Order: Patellogastropoda
- Family: Acmaeidae
Overview
Acmaeidae Forbes, 1850
Common Name: True Limpets
Extant/Extinct
Key morphological features: Acmaeidae shells have a slight cone shape with porcelain coloring and texture.
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Paleoecology:
MOBILITY: Mobile
FEEDING MODE: Herbivore
HABITAT: Epifaunal
Sources:
Knight, J. B. et al. 1960. Systematic Descriptions [Archaeogastropoda], in R. C. Moore ed., Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part I, Mollusca 1, Volume 1. The University of Kansas and Geological Society of America. 351 pp.
