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Greek keyhole limpet (πεταλίδα)

Diodora graeca

Description:

A pinkish and quite worn Greek keyhole limpet, a very common mollusc of the Greek seas, spotted washed ashore in Anavros beach, Volos city, Greece.

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3 Comments

No worries, dear @Mark Ridgway :)

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 9 years ago

Sorry I just read on wiki.. it's part of the diodora :)

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 9 years ago

Very pretty. Is the hole made by some predator like a snail?

Δήμος Βόλου, Περιφέρεια Θεσσαλίας, Greece

Spotted on Oct 5, 2014
Submitted on Oct 7, 2014

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