Limpet

  • 41Keyhole limpet hemocyanin — (KLH) is a large, multisubunit, oxygen carrying, metalloprotein found in the hemolymph of the giant keyhole limpet Megathura crenulata that lives off the coast of California from Monterey Bay to Isla Asuncion off Baja California… …

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  • 42Blue-rayed limpet — Taxobox name = Blue rayed limpet status = image width = 250px regnum = Animalia phylum = Mollusca classis = Gastropoda ordo = Archeaogastropoda familia = Patellidae genus = Patella species = P. pellucida binomial = Patella pellucida binomial… …

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  • 43Keyhole limpet — Taxobox name = Keyhole limpet image caption = Diodora cayenensis regnum = Animalia phylum = Mollusca classis = Gastropoda superordo = Vetigastropoda ordo = superfamilia = Fissurelloidea familia = Fissurellidae familia authority = Fleming, 1822… …

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  • 44freshwater limpet — noun minute conical gastropod superficially resembling a limpet but living and feeding on freshwater plants • Syn: ↑river limpet, ↑Ancylus fluviatilis • Hypernyms: ↑gastropod, ↑univalve • Member Holonyms: ↑Ancylus, ↑ …

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  • 45keyhole limpet — noun marine limpet having a conical shell with an opening at the apex • Syn: ↑Fissurella apertura, ↑Diodora apertura • Hypernyms: ↑limpet • Member Holonyms: ↑Fissurella, ↑genus Fissurella * * * …

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  • 46Australian freshwater limpet — Taxobox name = Australian freshwater limpet status = CR | status system = IUCN2.3 regnum = Animalia phylum = Mollusca classis = Gastropoda ordo = Basommatophora familia = Planorbidae genus = Ancylastrum species = A. cumingianus binomial =… …

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  • 47river limpet — noun minute conical gastropod superficially resembling a limpet but living and feeding on freshwater plants • Syn: ↑freshwater limpet, ↑Ancylus fluviatilis • Hypernyms: ↑gastropod, ↑univalve • Member Holonyms: ↑Ancylus, ↑ …

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  • 48slipper limpet — noun or slipper shell Etymology: slipper (II) : a mollusk of Crepidula or a related genus that is sometimes a serious pest of oyster beds * * * slipper limpet noun An American mollusc (genus Crepidula) with a somewhat slipperlike shell • • • …

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  • 49Duck's-bill limpet — Duck s bill Duck s bill , a. Having the form of a duck s bill. [1913 Webster] {Duck s bill limpet} (Zo[ o]l.), a limpet of the genus {Parmaphorus}; so named from its shape. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 50River limpet — River Riv er, n. [F. riv[ e]re a river, LL. riparia river, bank of a river, fr. L. riparius belonging to a bank or shore, fr. ripa a bank or shore; of uncertain origin. Cf. {Arrive}, {Riparian}.] 1. A large stream of water flowing in a bed or… …

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