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Description:

Large limpet

Habitat:

Rocky seashore in a tide pool

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8 Comments

Machi
Machi 7 years ago

Definitely!

AlbertKang
AlbertKang 7 years ago

Yes, that's one of the nicer part of Project Noah, learning about the Organism and not just looking at nice pictures :D

Machi
Machi 7 years ago

Very cool. They are much more interesting than I ever thought. Being territorial is certainly unexpected too

AlbertKang
AlbertKang 7 years ago

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-environm...

Machi
Machi 7 years ago

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

AlbertKang
AlbertKang 7 years ago

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!

Machi
Machi 7 years ago

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

AlbertKang
AlbertKang 7 years ago

I think this are Chiton

Machi
Spotted by
Machi

Alaska, USA

Spotted on Jun 13, 2016
Submitted on Jul 27, 2016

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