Image of giant keyhole limpet
Description:
We are fortunate that the little goby posed for us on this keyhole limpet. These limpets include seaweeds and colonial tunicates in their diet. Coastal Indians used the shells of these and other limpets as wampum. Subclass Prosobranchia.
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- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (Animal)
- Bilateria
- Protostomia (protostomes)
- Spiralia (spiralians)
- Mollusca (molluscs)
- Gastropoda (snails)
- Vetigastropoda
- Fissurelloidea
- Fissurellidae (keyhole limpets)
- Diodorinae
- Megathura
- Megathura crenulata (giant keyhole limpet)
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- 2005 California Academy of Sciences
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- Lovell and Libby Langstroth
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