Eoacmaea profunda
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Eoacmaea profunda is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eoacmaeidae, one of the families of true limpets.
Eoacmaea profunda is the type species in the genus Eoacmaea.
Description
The size of the shell attains 9.8 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar, Aldabra, the Mascarene Basin and Kenya.
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