| Lepeta caeca | |
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| Lepeta caeca shells | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Patellogastropoda |
| Family: | Lepetidae |
| Genus: | Lepeta |
| Species: | L. caeca
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| Binomial name | |
| Lepeta caeca (O. F. Müller, 1776)
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| Synonyms1 | |
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Patella caeca Müller, 1776 | |
Lepeta caeca, common name the northern blind limpet, is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Lepetidae, one of the families of true limpets.1
Distribution
They can be found in the Arctic, Northern Pacific, and Northern Atlantic Oceans.
Description
The maximum recorded shell length is 18 mm.2
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 4 m.2 Maximum recorded depth is 1097 m.2
References
References
- Lepeta caeca (Müller O.F., 1776). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 April 2010.
- Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.