Image of Discurria insessa (Hinds 1842)
Description:
Interestingly, this limpet is found only on the straplike fronds of the feather boa kelp Egregia upon which it grazes, as seen here. The deep excavation is characteristic.
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- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (Animal)
- Bilateria
- Protostomia (protostomes)
- Spiralia (spiralians)
- Mollusca (molluscs)
- Gastropoda (snails)
- Patellogastropoda
- Lottioidea
- Lottiidae (tortoiseshell limpets)
- Discurria
- Discurria insessa
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- 2005 California Academy of Sciences
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- Lovell and Libby Langstroth
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