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Eoacmaea pustulata Spotted Limpet

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


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lexID:
18193 
AphiaID:
458655 
Scientific:
Eoacmaea pustulata 
German:
Gefleckte Napfschnecke, Pustel Napfschnecke 
English:
Spotted Limpet 
Category:
Slakken 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Nacellida (Order) > Eoacmaeidae (Family) > Eoacmaea (Genus) > pustulata (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Helbling, ), 1779 
Occurrence:
Aruba, Belize, Bermuda, Bonaire, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Dominican Republic, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Jamaica, Panama, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, USA, Venezuela 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
1 - 60 Meter 
Habitats:
Coastal waters, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Mangrove Zones, Rock crevices, Rocky shores, Rock coasts, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water, Stony soils, Tide pools / rock pools 
Size:
0.39" - 1.18" (1,0cm - 3,0cm) 
Temperature:
68 °F - 86 °F (20°C - 30°C) 
Food:
Algae (Algivore), Detritus, Diatoms, Herbivorous, Microalgae  
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
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Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2026-03-03 20:30:40 

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Eoacmaea pustulata (Helbling, 1779)

Eoacmaea pustulata is a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eoacmaeidae, one of the families of true limpets.

Synonymised names
Acmaea pulcherrima Dall, 1927 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Acmaea puncturata (Lamarck, 1819) · unaccepted
Acmaea pustulata (Helbling, 1779) · unaccepted
Patella puncturata Lamarck, 1819 · unaccepted
Patella pustulata Helbling, 1779 · unaccepted (original combination)
Patelloida pustulata (Helbling, 1779) · unaccepted

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