New Zealand Seashore

DSC_9595 Encrusted limpet, or ruharu (Patellioda corticata) seen here returning to its home 'scar'. Found on surfaces encrusted with coralline algae in the mid- to low intertidal on exposed to very exposed shores. Patellioda shells are very similar to Siphonaria shells but if you push Siphonaria limpets they 'wiggle', because they cannot pull their whole body inside the shell. Quarantine Point, Otago Harbour *

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DSC_9595 Encrusted limpet, or ruharu (Patellioda corticata) seen here returning to its home 'scar'. Found on surfaces encrusted with coralline algae in the mid- to low intertidal on exposed to very exposed shores. Patellioda shells are very similar to Siphonaria shells but if you push Siphonaria limpets they 'wiggle', because they cannot pull their whole body inside the shell. Quarantine Point, Otago Harbour *

DSC 9595 Encrusted limpet ruharu Patellioda corticata home scar Quarantine Point Otago Harbour