A primitive snail with a simple, flattened, conical shell; lives attached to rocks by its muscular foot; found in the intertidal zone or shallow seas; typically feeds at night, grazing algae off rocks using a band of teeth (radula). (Class: Gastropoda. Order: Archaeogastropoda.)
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Patella vulgata limpets in their natural habitat (here northwestern Galicia). |
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See text. Homing behaviourSome species of limpets return to the same spot on the rock known as a "home scar" just before the tide recedes. TaxonomySuborder Lepetopsina Superfamily Lepetopsoidea Family †Damilinidae Family Lepetopsidae Family Neolepetopsidae Suborder Nacellina Superfamily Acmaeoidea Family Acmaeidae Genus Acmaea Genus Notoacmea Genus Pectinodonta Genus Problacmaea Family Lepetidae Family Lottiidae Superfamily Nacelloidea Family Nacellidae Genus Macklintockia Genus Naccula Genus Nacella Suborder Patellina Superfamily Patelloidea Family Patellidae Genus Cellana Species Cellana ampla Species Cellana ardosioea Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841 Species Cellana capensis Gmelin, 1791 Species Cellana craticulata Suter, 1905 Species Cellana conciliata Rainbow limpet Species Cellana denticulata Martyn, 1784 Species Cellana eucosmia Pilsbry, 1891 Species Cellana exarata Hawaiian blackfoot ‘opihi Species Cellana flava Hutton, 1873 Species Cellana grata Gould, 1859 Species Cellana melanostoma Pilsbry, 1891 Species Cellana nigrolineata Reeve, 1854 Species Cellana ornata Dillwyn, 1817 Species Cellana radiata Species Cellana rota Species Cellana sandwicensis Species Cellana stellifera Gmelin, 1791 Species Cellana strigilis Powell, 1955 Species Cellana talcosa Gould, 1846 Species Cellana testudinaria Linnaeus, 1758 Species Cellana toreuma Reeve, 1855 Species Cellana tramoserica Holten, 1802 Genus Helcion Subgenus Ansates Species Helcion pellucidus Species Helcion tella Subgenus Helcion Species Helcion pectunculus Subgenus Patinastra Species Helcion dunkeri Species Helcion pruinosus Genus Helioniscus Species Helcion tella Genus Patella Subgenus Olana Species Patella cochlear Subgenus Patella Species Patella baudonii Species Patella caerulea Species Patella compressa Species Patella depressa Species Patella ferruginea Species Patella gomesi Species Patella lowei Species Patella miniata Species Patella moreleti Species Patella piperata Species Patella rustica Species Patella ulyssiponensis Species Patella variabilis Species Patella vulgata Subgenus Patellida Species Patella granularis Subgenus Patellona Species Patella adansonii Species Patella canescens Species Patella granatina Species Patella lugubris Species Patella oculus Species Patella plumbea Subgenus Scutellastra Species Patella argenvillei Species Patella barbara Species Patella chapmani Species Patella exusta Species Patella flexuosa Species Patella kermadecensis Species Patella laticostata Species Patella longicosta Species Patella peronii Species Patella tabularis Species Patella tucopiana Genus Rhodopetala Species Rhodopetala rosea |
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