WoRMS name details
original description
(of Patella profunda Deshayes, 1863) Deshayes, G. P. (1863). Catalogue des mollusques de l'île de la Réunion (Bourbon). Pp. 1-144. In Maillard, L. (Ed.) Notes sur l'Ile de la Réunion. Dentu, Paris. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13068117 page(s): 44, pl. 6, figs 15, 16. [details]
basis of record
Ruwa, R.K. (1984). Invertebrate faunal zonation on rocky shores around Mombasa, Kenya. Kenya Journal of Science and technology Series B 7(2): 41-45 [details]
additional source
Drivas, J. & Jay, M. (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection les beautés de la nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. pp. 1-160. (look up in IMIS) page(s): 32. [details]
additional source
OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database. , available online at http://clade.ansp.org/obis/ [details]
additional source
Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) <i>Seashells of eastern Arabia.</i> Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp. page(s): 32, fig. 23. [details]
additional source
Barnard K.H. (1963). Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part IV. Gastropoda: Prosobranchiata: Rhipidoglossa, Docoglossa. Tectibranchiata. Polyplacophora. Solenogastres. Scaphopoda. <i>Annals of the South African Museum</i>, 47(2): 201–360., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40854592 page(s): 310. [details]
additional source
Christiaens, J. (1975). Révision provisoire des Mollusques marins récents de la famille des Acmaeidae (Seconde Partie). <em>Informations de la Société Belge de Malacologie.</em> 4: 91-116. [details] Available for editors [request]
From other sources
Classification Placement in family from Richmond, 1997. [details]
Description Robust, domed shell, up to 2cm long, with pointed apex and fine radiating ridges. Grey-white exterior, buff-grey interior with orange-brown muscle scar. Habitat: on rock in the upper littoral fringe. Distribution: W. Indian Ocean. (Richmond, 1997) [details]
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