Shell low, regularly or irregularly star shaped, with eight strong radial ribs and finer secondary radial ribbing over the whole surface

At a glance

Habitat Lives intertidally and subtidally attached to rocks
Size Can grow to around 38mm
Origin Endemic
Distribution Southern Australia from WA to NSW including Tasmania
Descriptions
Distribution
Southern Australia from WA to NSW including Tasmania
Habitat
Lives intertidally and subtidally attached to rocks
Size
Can grow to around 38mm
Common Name Chapman's Limpet
Aliases Eight-rayed Limpet,
Origin Endemic
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Distribution provided by The Atlas of Living Australia

Classification

Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumMollusca
ClassGastropoda
SubclassPatellogastropoda
SuperfamilyPatelloidea
FamilyPatellidae
GenusScutellastra
SpeciesScutellastra chapmani
Synonyms

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