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Testudinalia testudinalis plant limpet , common tortoiseshell limpet

Testudinalia testudinalis is commonly referred to as plant limpet , common tortoiseshell limpet. Difficulty in the aquarium: Easy. A aquarium size of at least 50 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:
6148 
AphiaID:
234208 
Scientific:
Testudinalia testudinalis 
German:
Schildkrötenschnecke 
English:
Plant Limpet , Common Tortoiseshell Limpet 
Category:
Snails 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Not assigned (Order) > Lottiidae (Family) > Testudinalia (Genus) > testudinalis (Species) 
Initial determination:
(O. F. Müller, ), 1776 
Occurrence:
Canada Eastern Pacific, European Coasts, North Atlantic Ocean, the British Isles, West-Atlantic Ocean 
Size:
0.59" - 0.98" (1.5cm - 2.5cm) 
Temperature:
50 °F - 71.6 °F (10°C - 22°C) 
Food:
Algae (Algivore) 
Tank:
11 gal (~ 50L)  
Difficulty:
Easy 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2013-10-04 09:07:50 

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Testudinalia testudinalis (O. F. Müller, 1776)

Testudinalia testudinalis,the plant limpet,is a small conical limpet with the apex anterior and smooth shell with fine radiating ridges. The shell is white, grey, brown or green.The mantle edge is copper-green with two rows of fine tentacles.

The plant limpet eats by grazing on algae found on rock surfaces. They scrape films of algae from the rock with a radula.

Synonymised names:
Acmaea fergusoni Wheat, 1913 (synonym)
Acmaea tessulata (O. F. Müller, 1776)
Acmaea testudinalis (O. F. Müller, 1776)
Collisella tessulata (O. F. Müller, 1776)
Lottia testudinalis (O. F. Müller, 1776)
Notoacmea testudinalis (O. F. Müller, 1776)
Patella amoena Say, 1822 (synonym)
Patella clealandi J. Fleming, 1828 (synonym)
Patella clypea T. Brown, 1827 (synonym)
Patella tessulata O. F. Müller, 1776
Patella testudinalis O. F. Müller, 1776 (original combination)
Tectura tessulata (O. F. Müller, 1776)
Tectura testudinalis (O. F. Müller, 1776)
Testudinalia tessellata (O.F. Müller, 1776) (misspelling)
Testudinalia tessulata (O. F. Müller, 1776)

External links

  1. Encyclodedia of Life (EOL) (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  2. Homepage von Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  3. Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
  4. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Testudinalia testudinalis © Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland
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Tortoiseshell limpet Testudinalia testudinalis in a tidepool on Cape Elizabeth Maine. 2021

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