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Lottia paleacea
Surfgrass Limpet
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Photographer: Ron Wolf
ID: 0000 0000 0214 0316 (2014-02-04)Copyright © 2014 Ron Wolf
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INFORMATION PROVIDED WITH THE PHOTO
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date of photo Jan 29, 2014
location
Estero Bluffs State Park. Near Cayucos (San Luis Obispo County, California, US)family
Lottiidae
order
Patellogastropoda
class Gastropoda
notes This tiny elongated limpet is found only on surfgrass of the genus Phyllospadix. Specimen is about 7 mm long. The limpet is grazing from right to left. Note how it has cleaned off the outer layer of the surfgrass on the right side of the frame.camera Canon EOS 7D, MP-E 65mm macro, f/11, 1/250 sec.
photo category: Animal - Invertebrate-Other
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MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ANIMAL
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| common names
Surfgrass Limpet, Chaffy Limpet (photographer)
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