Patelloida saccharina

Patelloida saccharina, common name the broad-ribbed limpet, is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Lottiidae, one of the families of true limpets.


 * Subspecies:
 * Patelloida saccharina lanx (Reeve, 1855)
 * Patelloida saccharina stella (Lesson, 1831)

Description
The size of the shell varies between 15 mm and 50 mm.

Distribution
This species occurs in the Red Sea, off Tanzania and Madagascar; off Japan and Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia)