Eoacmaea profunda
Eoacmaea profunda shell
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Patellogastropoda
Family:	Eoacmaeidae
Genus:	Eoacmaea
Species:	E. profunda
Binomial name
Eoacmaea profunda (Deshayes, 1863)
Synonyms[1]
Acmaea profunda (Deshayes) Helcioniscus profundus Deshayes, 1863 (original combination) Hemitoma profunda (Deshayes, 1863) Patella profunda Deshayes, 1863 Patelloida profunda (Deshayes, 1863) Patelloida profunda albonotata (E. A. Smith, 1910) Patelloida profunda profunda (Deshayes, 1863)

Eoacmaea profunda is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eoacmaeidae, one of the families of true limpets.^[1]

Eoacmaea profunda is the type species in the genus Eoacmaea.

Description

The size of the shell attains 9.8 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar, Aldabra, the Mascarene Basin and Kenya.