Little-Cone Limpet
Patelloida conulus
- Group: Other
- For divers: safe
A small cone shaped limpet that rides on the back of living snails, usually the mud whelk Batillaria, rather than settling on bare rock. It clamps onto the shell at the mid intertidal level of sandy and muddy shores, and will take to boulders or empty shells when its preferred host is scarce.
Taxonomy: Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Nacellida › Lottiidae › Patelloida
Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 456630.
FAQ
- Is the Little-Cone Limpet dangerous to divers?
- The Little-Cone Limpet is harmless to divers.