General Description

Shell conical, wider than high, with straight, white ridges that radiate from the centre to the edge. Inside of shell brown. Shell up to 3 cm long.

Biology

False Limpets belong in the group known as pulmonates, meaning "lung breathing". They trap air under their shell when water covers them during high tides so that they can still breathe. They are likely to have had terrestrial ancestors.

Distribution

Southern Australia.

Habitat

Exposed rocks at all tide levels.

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