Limpet ID

[ptrusk]

Found this guy today on the bottom on top of the sand. Was in a corner that was cleared by power head. Never saw him before.

Tank is 12 years old, started with marco rock. Never added any limpets. Many frags came and went so he hitchhiked from somewhere. He is good sized and must have been here a while. I did have a boom of tiny limpets a year or so ago, I guess his progeny.

Any idea as to ID and where he would be happy? I put him back where I found him.

 

[IKD]

Found this guy today on the bottom on top of the sand. Was in a corner that was cleared by power head. Never saw him before.

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Tank is 12 years old, started with marco rock. Never added any limpets. Many frags came and went so he hitchhiked from somewhere. He is good sized and must have been here a while. I did have a boom of tiny limpets a year or so ago, I guess his progeny.

Any idea as to ID and where he would be happy? I put him back where I found him.

Looks like the operculum of a former snail

 

[Nano sapiens]

Looks like a snail's operculum to me...

Limpets are single shelled shaped like a Chinese hat with a slit in the top and a muscular foot on the bottom for locomotion.

 

[ptrusk]

thanks!