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Cellana radiata
Circular, almost like a poached egg. The peripheral part is striated.
We had stopped for lunch at a restaurant, enroute Galle from Mirissa, Sri Lanka. The restaurant had a beach attached. The tide was coming in. I ventured out for a very quick survey and took a few shoots. This is one invertebrate I saw along with some Chitons.
This is my 2200th spotting and I chose an unknown animal as a mark of my deep appreciation of PN for helping me learn about so many hitherto unknown (to me) species. Here is another one. Please, can anyone help with ID.
Spotted on Jan 17, 2017
Submitted on Feb 10, 2017
8 Comments
@ Machi. Thank you...I think you nailed it. I have updated. Many, many thanks once again.
Four, very interesting photos....
After looking at yours again I am fairly confident it is a limpet. In the zoomed out photos with the others it is even more apparent. Try looking into Lottia and Cellana (particularly Cellana radiata). Those are a couple that came up in my search for your area that look similar.
@ Machi...thanks, let's see what suggestions come up.
@maplemoth66. I share your curiosity too but I did not interfere... I had nothing with which to safely excavate this creature...I did not want to risk hurting it. I had no way of knowing if it could sting,or if it was poisonous...whatever....So, I took nothing but photographs and left nothing but footprints. Don't worry I have great faith in PN...someone will know. Definitely!
The closest thing I can think of is a limpet, but I've never seen one with a rounded top like that. I'm definitely interested in learning what this is too!
Thanks Chief, maybe a mollusc of some kind.
Interesting find!