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Mollusca / Gastropods / Striped Limpet |
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Phylum:
Mollusca
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Class:
Gastoproda
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Species:
Siphonaria zelandica
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These
limpets are air breathing, unlike their true limpet cousins that have
true gills. They are found in large numbers on the upper shoreline where
they graze on micro-algae growing on rocks.
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