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Field Notes

Description:

Large limpet

Habitat:

Rocky seashore in a tide pool

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (8)

Yes, that's one of the nicer part of Project Noah, learning about the Organism and not just looking at nice pictures :D
Very cool. They are much more interesting than I ever thought. Being territorial is certainly unexpected too
Thanks to you, @Machi for directing me to look up further to learn more about Limpets :) Here is the article about the research on them. Do check out the video too in the article : http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-31500883
Wow, that is amazing! I never would have thought that a mollusk would have teeth, especially not teeth that are the strongest biological material ever tested
Thanks, @Machi for clarifying. Limpets are cool too, recent research found that limpets' teeth consist of the strongest biological material ever tested, even stronger than spider silk or any other man-made materials!
Its definitely a limpet. The conical shell is very distinctive, and Chiton have plates down their backs. Thank you for the suggestion though, Albert! I am always in admiration of your collection
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PublishedJuly 27, 2016

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