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surfgrass limpet

Tectura paleacea

Classification

Family
Lottiidae

Tectura palacea, common names the surfgrass limpet or chaffy limpet, also spelled chaffey limpet, is a species of small sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Lottiidae. The shell of this small limpet is about 6–10 mm in length and 2–3 mm in width. The shell dimensions are narrow to correspond with the limpet's habitat: the narrow blades of surfgrasses in the genus Phyllospadix, found at low tide levels.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 194