Notoacmea cellanoides Limpet

Notoacmea cellanoides is commonly referred to as Limpet. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Javier Couper (Predomalpha), New Zealand

Notoacmea cellanoides,High tide rocks at the Waipu Pancake Rocks, Bream Bay, Northland 2024

Courtesy of the author Javier Couper (Predomalpha), New Zealand Photo taken by Javier Couper. Please visit www.inaturalist.org for more information.

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AphiaID:: 511351

Scientific:: Notoacmea cellanoides
German:: Napfschnecke
English:: Limpet

Category:: Ślimaki

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Not assigned (Order) > Lottiidae (Family) > Notoacmea (Genus) > cellanoides (Species)
Initial determination:: W. R. B. Oliver, 1926

Occurrence:: Endemic species, New Zealand
Marine Zone:: Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters
Sea depth:: Meter
Habitats:: Coastal waters, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Rocky shores, Rock coasts, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water
Size:: 0.39" - 1.97" (1,9cm - 5,7cm)
Temperature:: °F - 64.4 °F (°C - 18°C)
Food:: Algae (Algivore), Herbivorous
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Notoacmea alta
Große Napfschnecke
Notoacmea badia
Notoacmea cellanoides
Napfschnecke
Notoacmea conoidea
Notoacmea corrodenda
Erodierte Napfschnecke
Notoacmea daedala
Notoacmea elongata
Schlamm Napfschnecke
Notoacmea flammea
Notoacmea mayi
Notoacmea parviconoidea
Notoacmea petterdi
Petterds Napfschnecke
Notoacmea pileopsis
Filzhut-Napfschnecke, Schwarz umrandete Napfschnecke
Notoacmea potae
Notoacmea rapida
Notoacmea scapha
Notoacmea scopulina
Notoacmea sturnus
Notoacmea subantarctica
Notoacmea subtilis
Notoacmea turbatrix

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2025-07-13 14:26:23
Last edit:: 2025-07-13 14:35:39

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Notoacmea cellanoides W. R. B. Oliver, 1926

Notoacmea cellanoides is a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Lottiidae, one of the families of true limpets. The shell is broadly ovate, outer surface finely radially lirate. Interior with an almost black margin. These limpet is endemic to New Zealand.

Endemic to New Zealand.

Synonymised names
Notoacmea pileopsis cellanoides W. R. B. Oliver, 1915 · unaccepted (superseded combination)

External links

New Zealand Mollusca (en). Abgerufen am 13.07.2025.

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Notoacmea cellanoides,High tide rocks at the Waipu Pancake Rocks, Bream Bay, Northland 2024

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