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Rough keyhole limpet We're having some good minus tides - so a little tide pooling :) Seeing one of these guys outside of it's shell is uncommon unless you are diving! Diodora aspera,Geotagged,Spring,United States Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Rough keyhole limpet

We're having some good minus tides - so a little tide pooling :) Seeing one of these guys outside of it's shell is uncommon unless you are diving!

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"Diodora aspera" is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets. Although similar in appearance to a common limpet, it has a hole near the apex of its shell, and is only distantly related. It often has a scaled polychaete worm "Arctonoe vittata" living inside its shell as a commensal. In the event that it is attacked by a starfish, it extends flaps of mantle to defend itself, and the worm also helps drive the predator away.

Similar species: Lepetellida
Species identified by morpheme
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Uploaded Jun 18, 2022. Captured Jun 17, 2022 11:57 in 3625 Beach Dr SW, Seattle, WA 98116, USA.
  • X-E2
  • f/4.5
  • 1/125s
  • ISO1600
  • 80mm