Notoacmea Explained

Notoacmea is a southern genus of true limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Lottiinae of the family Lottiidae, the true limpets.^[1]

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with accepted names are species within the genus Notoacmaea:^[2]

• Notoacmea alta Oliver, 1926
• Notoacmea badia (Oliver, 1926)
• Notoacmea biradiata (Reeve, 1855)
• Notoacmea cellanoides Oliver, 1926
• † Notoacmea chattonensis Laws, 1932
• Notoacmea conoidea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
• Notoacmea corrodenda (May, 1920)
• Notoacmea daedala (Suter, 1907)
• Notoacmea elongata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
• Notoacmea flammea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
• Notoacmea mayi (May, 1923)
• † Notoacmea nukumaruensis W. R. B. Oliver, 1926
• † Notoacmea otahuhuensis Laws, 1950
• Notoacmea parviconoidea (Suter, 1907)
• Notoacmea petterdi (Tenison-Woods, 1876)
• Notoacmea pileopsis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) - black edged limpet
• Notoacmea potae Nakano, Marshall, Kennedy & Spencer, 2009
• Notoacmea rapida Nakano, Marshall, Kennedy & Spencer, 2009
• Notoacmea scapha (Suter, 1907)
• Notoacmea scopulina Oliver, 1926
• Notoacmea sturnus (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841)
• Notoacmea subantarctica Oliver, 1926
• Notoacmea subtilis (Suter, 1907)
• Notoacmea turbatrix Nakano, Marshall, Kennedy & Spencer, 2009

The following list comes from Powell New Zealand Mollusca:^[3]

• Notoacmea insessa - seaweed limpet: synonym of Discurria insessa (Hinds, 1842)
• Notoacmea paleacea - surfgrass limpet
• Notoacmea persona - mask limpet: synonym of Lottia persona (J. Rathke, 1833)

Species brought into synonymy:

• Notoacmea concinna (Lischke, 1870): synonym of Nipponacmea concinna (Lischke, 1870)
• Notoacmea corrosa W. R. B. Oliver, 1926: synonym of Notoacmea alta W. R. B. Oliver, 1926 (junior synonym)
• Notoacmea daedala Oliver, 1926: synonym of Notoacmea elongata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
• Notoacmea daedala Iredale, 1915: synonym of Notoacmea daedala (Suter, 1907)
• Notoacmea depicta (Hinds, 1842): synonym of Tectura depicta (Hinds, 1842)
• Notoacmea elongata Ponder & Creese, 1980: synonym of Notoacmea daedala (Suter, 1907)
• Notoacmea explorata Dell, 1953: synonym of Maoricrater explorata (Dell, 1953)
• Notoacmea fascicularis (Menke, 1851): synonym of Lottia fascicularis (Menke, 1851)
• Notoacmea fenestrata (Reeve, 1855): synonym of Lottia fenestrata (Reeve, 1855)
• Notoacmea filosa (Carpenter, 1865): synonym of Lottia filosa (Carpenter, 1865)
• Notoacmea fuscoviridis Teramachi, 1949: synonym of Nipponacmea fuscoviridis (Teramachi, 1949) (original combination)
• Notoacmea granulosa Macpherson, 1955: synonym of Notoacmea flammea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) (junior synonym)
• Notoacmea helmsi Iredale, 1915: synonym of Notoacmea elongata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
• Notoacmea inconspicua (Gray in Dieffenbach, 1843): synonym of Radiacmea inconspicua (Gray in Dieffenbach, 1843)
• Notoacmea insessa (Hinds, 1842): synonym of Discurria insessa (Hinds, 1842)
• Notoacmea mixta (Reeve, 1855): synonym of Patelloida flammea Quoy & Gaimard, 1834: synonym of Notoacmea flammea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
• Notoacmea nigrans Kira, 1961: synonym of Nipponacmea nigrans (Kira, 1961) (original combination)
• Notoacmea pumila Lindberg & McLean, 1981: synonym of Tectura pumila (Lindberg & McLean, 1981)
• Notoacmea radula Kira, 1961: synonym of Nipponacmea radula (Kira, 1961) (original combination)
• Notoacmea rothi Lindberg & McLean, 1981: synonym of Lottia rothi (Lindberg & McLean, 1981)
• Notoacmea schrenckii (Lischke, 1868): synonym of Nipponacmea schrenckii (Lischke, 1868)
• Notoacmea scutum (Rathke, 1833): synonym of Lottia scutum (Rathke, 1833)
• Notoacmea septiformis Quoy & Gaimard, 1834: synonym of Lottia septiformis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) (original combination)
• Notoacmea suteri Iredale, 1915: synonym of Asteracmea suteri (Iredale, 1915)
• Notoacmea teramachii Kira, 1961: synonym of Nipponacmea teramachii (Kira, 1961) (original combination)
• Notoacmea testudinalis (O. F. Müller, 1776): synonym of Testudinalia testudinalis (O. F. Müller, 1776)
• Notoacmea ubiquita Lindberg & McLean, 1981: synonym of Tectura ubiquita (Lindberg & McLean, 1981)
• Notoacmea virescens Oliver, 1926: synonym of Notoacmea elongata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)

References

• Oliver, W. R. B. (1926). Australasian Patelloididae. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 56: 547–582.
• Nakano T., Marshall B.A., Kennedy M., Spencer H.G. (2009). The phylogeny and taxonomy of New Zealand Notoacmea and Patelloida species (Mollusca: Patellogastropoda: Lottiidae) inferred from DNA sequences. Molluscan Research 29: 33–59.
• Ponder, W. F.; Creese, R. G. (1980). A revision of the Australian species of Notoacmea, Collisella and Patelloida (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Acmaeidae). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia. 4(4): 167–208.

External links

• Iredale T. (1915). A commentary on Suter's Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 47: 417-497.

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Notoacmea Iredale, 1915. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456334 on 2021-10-03
2. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxlist WoRMS : Notoacmea
3. [Arthur William Baden Powell|Powell A. W. B.]