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Limpets

Limpets. By: Anastasha Bryant. Some facts about Limpets. The Limpet is related to the snail It has a single shell shaped like a pointy hat Limpets have very strong grips They have one big foot like a suction cup. Limpets only eat at night because they are then safe to move around

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Limpets

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  1. Limpets By: Anastasha Bryant

  2. Some facts about Limpets • The Limpet is related to the snail • It has a single shell shaped like a pointy hat • Limpets have very strong grips • They have one big foot like a suction cup

  3. Limpets only eat at night because they are then safe to move around • Limpets eat algae off rocks with their radula a rasp-like tongue with tiny teeth found in many mollusks • When a limpet is done eating it always returns to the same spot it was before • They leave a trail of mucus, (just like snails) behind them, which chemically "stores" their direction of travel. • Limpets don’t have eyes

  4.  Diet: Algae • Size: two centimeters to ten centimeters   • Color:  light brown, grey-brown, or dark brown white sometimes green • Life Cycle: eggs  • Predators:  sea stars • Neat Facts: Limpets stay in one place their whole life.   • Types:  rough limpet, shield limpet, ribbed limpet, owl limpet, plate limpet, kelp limpet, dunce cap limpet, and keyhole limpet, • Relatives: abalone sea hairs, octopi, squid, scallop, mussels, oysters, clams, chitons, and snails

  5. Classification: • Class GastropodaSubclass EogastropodaOrder PatellogastropodaSuborder PatellinaSuperfamily PatelloideaFamily Patellidae

  6. Key hole Limpets • Rough Limpet

  7. http://library.thinkquest.org/J001418/limpet.html http://www.gma.org/Tidings/limpet.html http://www.pznow.co.uk/marine/limpets.html http://www.weichtiere.at/Mollusks/Schnecken/meer/napf.html

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