APHOTOMARINE

An Educational Photographic Resource and Stock Image Library
of the Sea, Maritime Environment, Marine and Rockpool Life in the
Coastal Waters of South-West England by David Fenwick.

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Common keyhole limpet
Diodora graeca
- shell top view 1

Common keyhole limpet
Diodora graeca
- collection of shells 1

Common keyhole limpet
Diodora graeca
- shell 1

Common keyhole limpet
Diodora graeca
- shell 2

Common keyhole limpet
Diodora graeca
- live animal 1

Common keyhole limpet
Diodora graeca
- live animal 2

Common keyhole limpet
Diodora graeca
- live animal 3

Common keyhole limpet
Diodora graeca
- live animal / side view 1

Common keyhole limpet
Diodora graeca
- live animal / side view 2

Common keyhole limpet
Diodora graeca
- live animal / foot 1

Common keyhole limpet
Diodora graeca
- live animal / foot 2

The Keyhole Limpet is often overlooked on the beach because of its size, being much smaller than the Common Limpet, but differs in the small keyhole found in the top of the shell. It feeds on sponges on the lowershore and below but is frequently washed up. Commonly found at Crinnis Beach and long the south coast of the county.

Images of shells taken at the east end of Crinis Beach (Carlyon Bay), near St. Austell, Cornwall. Images of live animals taken at Spit Point, Par, near St. Austell, Cornwall.

Scientific and European Names:
Diodora graeca, Diodora apertura, Common keyhole limpet, Keyhole limpet, Gewone sleutelgathoren, Sleutelgathoren, Fissurelle.

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