Oval, conical shell with a very low profile and flattened apex. Shell bears about ten to twelve weak, rounded radial ribs, the gaps between them much wider than the ribs themselves, giving rise to a deeply crenulated margin. Apical area usually eroded, flattened and lacking ribs. Colour pale grey-brown, sometimes darker between the ribs, and with apical area often with fine brown marbling. Interior of shell white on the ribs and black between them; apical area clearly demarcated and strongly marked with black or brown marbling on a pale background

At a glance

Habitat Lives intertidally attached to rocks
Size Can grow to around 15mm
Origin Endemic
Distribution Southern and eastern Australia from QLD to SA including Tasmania
Descriptions
Distribution
Southern and eastern Australia from QLD to SA including Tasmania
Habitat
Lives intertidally attached to rocks
Size
Can grow to around 15mm
Common Name Pied Limpet
Aliases No Known Aliases
Origin Endemic
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Distribution provided by The Atlas of Living Australia

Classification

Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumMollusca
ClassGastropoda
SubclassPatellogastropoda
SuperfamilyLottioidea
FamilyLottiidae
GenusPatelloida
SpeciesPatelloida latistrigata
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