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Very common limpet sp. on Cookian shores. Profile is generally low with rounded crown, not peaked. Young shells beautifully marked with combination of spots, speckles and short stripes. Older shells are dull and merge well into their rocky homes.
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Very common limpet sp. on Cookian shores. Profile is generally low with rounded crown, not peaked. Young shells beautifully marked with combination of spots, speckles and short stripes. Older shells are dull and merge well into their rocky homes.
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Very common limpet sp. on Cookian shores. Profile is generally low with rounded crown, not peaked. Young shells beautifully marked with combination of spots, speckles and short stripes. Older shells are dull and merge well into their rocky homes.
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Range of patterning centres around a tortoiseshell effect. expecially internally on younger shells.
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Range of patterning centres around a tortoiseshell effect. expecially internally on younger shells.
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Living in the lagoon.
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This specimen happily steaming along in a few millimetres of water with it's 50 or so sensory organs feeling out the territory. Tidal pools at low water.
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Commonly found washed up on the beach. L: 26mm W:21mm H:6mm approx
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Commonly found washed up on the beach. L: 26mm W:21mm H:6mm approx
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Commonly found washed up on the beach. L: 26mm W:21mm H:6mm approx
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Commonly found washed up on the beach. L: 37mm W:29mm H:14mm approx
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Commonly found washed up on the beach. L: 37mm W:29mm H:14mm approx
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Expert: Phil Lambert Recorder's name: Carol George
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