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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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Patellogastropoda |
| Family |
Lottidae |
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| Genus |
Collisella |
| Species |
instabilis |
| Common Name: |
unstable limpet |
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 Joel with the shell of the unstable limpet. |
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| This limpet alwys is attached to the stype of a kelp. |
Thus the uneven margin underneath. |
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The unstable limpet measuring approximately 3-4 cm is brown on its exterior and interior. It’s saddle-shaped when turned on it edge. Its habitat at Race Rocks is on the stipes (stems) of Pterygophora always growing subtidally.It's range is from Alaska to California.
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This file is provided as part of a collaborative effort by the students of Lester B. Pearson College
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Date:
2005
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Joel Julius PC year 31 |
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Joel with the shell of the unstable limpet.
