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Tectura paleacea Surfgrass Limpet, Chaffy/ Limpet

Tectura paleacea is commonly referred to as Surfgrass Limpet, Chaffy/ Limpet. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Marlin Harms, California USA, California, USA

Lottia paleacea, Surfgrass Limpet, Chaffy Limpet.Estero Bluffs State Park, San Luis Obispo Co., CA 2014

This limpet species lives only on Surfgrass, Phyllospadix. Note that the limpet has eaten microscopic algae on the surface of the Surfgrass to the right. Length just under 1 cm.
Courtesy of the author Marlin Harms, California USA, California, USA Marlin Harms. Please visit www.flickr.com for more information.

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lexID:
13979 
AphiaID:
527869 
Scientific:
Tectura paleacea 
German:
Seegras-Napfschnecke 
English:
Surfgrass Limpet, Chaffy/ Limpet 
Category:
Slakken 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Not assigned (Order) > Lottiidae (Family) > Tectura (Genus) > paleacea (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Gould, ), 1853 
Occurrence:
Canada Eastern Pacific, Gulf of California, Mexico (East Pacific), USA 
Sea depth:
Meter 
Size:
0" - 0.39" (0,6cm - 1cm) 
Food:
Herbivorous 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2021-07-03 13:12:31 

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Tectura paleacea (Gould, 1853)

A very narrow boddy and a stron, muscular foot allows the surfgrass limpet to hang on to surfgras leaves even in heaevy surge

Synonymised names:
Acmaea paleacea Gould, 1853 (original combination)
Lottia paleacea (Gould, 1853)

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Lottia paleacea, Surfgrass Limpet, Chaffy Limpet.Estero Bluffs State Park, San Luis Obispo Co., CA 2014

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