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.
Tectura virginea (O F Müller, 1776) - White tortoiseshell limpet
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White tortoiseshell limpet
Tectura virginea
- under rock middleshore 1
Tectura virginea
- under rock middleshore 1
White tortoiseshell limpet
Tectura virginea
- under rock middleshore 2
White tortoiseshell limpet
Tectura virginea
- under rock middleshore 3
White tortoiseshell limpet
Tectura virginea
- under rock middleshore 4
White tortoiseshell limpet
Tectura virginea
- under rock middleshore 5
White tortoiseshell limpet
Tectura virginea
- under rock middleshore / foot 1
White tortoiseshell limpet
Tectura virginea
- in rockpool / middleshore 1
White tortoiseshell limpet
Tectura virginea
- in rockpool / middleshore 2
White tortoiseshell limpet
Tectura virginea
- on rock / pink paint
White tortoiseshell limpet
Tectura virginea
- on rock / above close-up
White tortoiseshell limpet
Tectura virginea
- on rock / foot / underside
White tortoiseshell limpet
Tectura virginea
- on rock / top view 1
White tortoiseshell limpet
Tectura virginea
- on rock / top view 2
White tortoiseshell limpet
Tectura virginea
- shell 1
White tortoiseshell limpet
Tectura virginea
- shell 2
White tortoiseshell limpet
Tectura virginea
- shell underside 1
Reasonably common but sometimes very hard to find and not just because of its small size but because it blends in very well with its background. It is often seen on pink encrusting algae. Living animals are best looked for under stones in rockpools from the middleshore and below. Shells can be found washed up on the beach but these are easily damaged.
Images taken at Spit Point, Par, and at Battery Rocks, Penzance, Cornwall.
Scientific and European Names:
Tectura virginea, White tortoiseshell limpet, Jomfrusnegl, Stribet albueskael, Gewone schotelhoren, Schoteltje, Jungfrauliche napfschnecke, Jomfrusnigel, Jungfruskalsnacka.
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