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limpet

a marine gastropod MOLLUSC of the genus Patella that has a single, conical shell. When exposed at low water it attaches itself very firmly to the substrate, usually rocks.

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All Patellogastropoda and Vetigastropoda have lecithotrophic larvae.

FACTORS AFFECTING GASTROPOD LARVAL DEVELOPMENT AND PERFORMANCE: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

Rao and Ganapati (1967) examined the radula of Cellana radiata (Patellogastropoda) from 10 to 35 mm shell length from different shore heights.

Allometric scaling of the radula in the Atlantic slippersnail Crepidula fornicata

All shallow-water (with the exception of species of Erginus) and intertidal Patellogastropoda are regarded as broadcast spawners with external fertilization.

Structure and formation of the unusual sperm of Patelloida latistrigata (mollusca: Patellogastropoda): implications for fertilization biology

The Patellogastropoda. Malacological Review (Supplement) 4:35-63.

Encapsulation of eggs by marine gastropods: effect of variation in capsule form on the vulnerability of embryos to predation

In the Gastropoda, ASOs have been identified in larvae of the Heterobranchia, Caenogastropoda, Patellogastropoda, and Neritimorpha.

Loss of sensory elements in the apical sensory organ during metamorphosis in the nudibranch Phestilla sibogae

Morphological and molecular resolution of a putative cryptic species complex: a case study of Notoacmea fascicularis (Menke, 1851) (Gastropoda: Patellogastropoda).

You say Conchaphila, I say Lurida: molecular evidence for restricting the Olympia oyster (Ostrea lurida Carpenter 1864) to temperate western North America

Historical and biomechanical analysis of integration and dissociation in molluscan feeding, with special emphasis on the true limpets (Patellogastropoda: Gastropoda).

Tooth use and wear in three iron-biomineralizing mollusc species

The anatomy of some new archaeogastropod limpets (Order Patellogastropoda, Suborder Lepetopsina) from hydrothermal vents.

Three new species of the family Neolepetopsidae (Patellogastropoda) from hydrothermal vents and whale falls in the northeastern Pacific