Limpets have a strong muscular foot under their shell that holds them tightly to the rocks so they don't get washed away when waves break over them.
Common name: Limpet
Scientific name: Cellana tramoserica
Photo: W. Rudman
What can you find out about air-breathing limpets?
Rock pools and rock platforms
Limpet
Limpets can grow to 5 cm in length. They have an orange-brown-coloured shell. Their shell has many brown stripes.
Limpets have a muscular foot that helps them hold onto rocks.
Limpets live on rocky shores in southern Australia and Queensland .
Limpets are grazers. They scrape algae off the rocks with their rough 'tongue'.
Birds, whelks and fish eat Limpets.
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