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| Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Limpets |
| Guam
false limpet Siphonaria guamensis Family Siphonariidae updated Aug 2020 Where seen?This little limpet is commonly seen in small groups on boulders and hard surfaces on many of our shores, usually near the high water mark. Features: 1-2cm. Shell thin conical with a pointed tip and many fine white ribs. There is no hole at the top of the shell. Body plain white. It is a false limpet and breathes through lungs instead of gills. |
 Changi, May 02 |
 East Coast Park, Aug 12 |
 A broad foot to cling firmly to the surface. Kusu Island, Dec 04 |
| Limpet Babies: Siphonaria limpets lay eggs in circular or coiling jelly-like masses that contain thousands of eggs suspended in a gelatinous matrix, attached to a hard surface. The free-swimming limpet larvae have a little spiral shell like other 'normal' snails. As they develop, the shell flattens and becomes umbrella-shaped. |
 Coiled egg mass laid on a rock. Changi, Jan 13 |
 Tiny eggs embedded in the coiled egg mass. Changi, Jan 13 |
| Guam false limpets on Singapore shores |
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