Lovely Limpets of NZ

This guide showcases the limpets that are found around the intertidal zone of New Zealand.

Notoacmea Badia ¹
Notoacmea badia

Notoacmea Cellanoides ²

Notoacmea daedala ²

Notoacmea elongata ²

Notoacmea parviconoidea ²

Notoacmea pileopsis ³

Notoacmea scopulina ⁴

Notoacmea potae ⁵

Notoacmea Sturnus ¹

Notoacmea subtilis ²

Notoacmea turbatrix ⁶

Cellana craticulata

Cellana denticulata ⁶

Cellana flava ⁷

Cellana oliveri ¹

Ornate Limpet ⁸
Cellana ornata

Tortoiseshell Limpet ²
Cellana radians

Radiate Limpet ⁹

Cellana stellifera ²

Cellana strigilis ³

Radiacmea inconspicua ²

Patelloida corticata ²

Emarginula striatula ³

Atalacmea fragilis ³

Shield Shell ¹⁰
Scutus breviculus

Trimusculus conicus ¹¹

Actinoleuca campbelli campbelli ¹

Williamia radiata nutata ¹

Latia neritoides ¹²

Siphonaria australis ³

Siphonaria innominata ¹³

Siphonaria obliquata ¹²

Siphonaria propria ²

Siphonaria stewartiana ¹

Siphonaria zelandica ⁸

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