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| Domain |
Eukarya |
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Animalia |
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Mollusca |
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Gastropoda |
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Collisella |
| Species |
digitalis |
| Common Name: |
finger limpet |
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 Shamsher is pointing to a cluster of Collisella in the high intertidal area by peg 5b |
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In the artificial tidepool, this cluster of Collisella digitalis has been in the same place, to the left of the built stone wall since the building of the pool |
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Behavior: These Limpets breath by drawing water from the left site over the gills out to the right site.
Description: Limpets are basically conical but they have an off-centre peak that curves over. Dark ridges extend from the peak to the edges of the shell. They grow to about 3 cm in diameter.
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Shamsher is pointing to a cluster of Collisella in the high intertidal area by peg 5b
