New Zealand Seashore

DSC_5699 Encrusted limpet, or ruharu (Patellioda corticata) star-shaped shell with anything from seven to 25 ridges. Shell is frequently encrusted with barnacles or coralline algae. Found on surfaces encrusted with coralline algae in the mid- to low intertidal on exposed to very exposed shores. Brighton Beach *

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DSC_5699 Encrusted limpet, or ruharu (Patellioda corticata) star-shaped shell with anything from seven to 25 ridges. Shell is frequently encrusted with barnacles or coralline algae. Found on surfaces encrusted with coralline algae in the mid- to low intertidal on exposed to very exposed shores. Brighton Beach *

DSC 5699 Encrusted limpet ruharu Patellioda corticata coralline algae Brighton Beach