Kromme-Geelhout-Database
Species details
Genus
Genus : Cymbula
Family: Patellidae (Mollusca/Gastropoda)
Taxon : Marine Molluscs
Group : Animal
SPECIES
oculusNOTES
A flattened, oval shell to 90 mm with 10 radiating ridges extending from the margin. Grazes on algae in the lower intertidal zone. Starts life as a male and later changes to a female.
AUTHORITY
(Born, 1778)Sub Author
Conservation
CommonHabit
Not ApplicableLand Invertebrate
n/aColour
- Notes: A brown to black exterior. The interior has a central light-coloured muscle scar surrounded by a white to bluish border and a brown edge
- Colour: Brown
Common Name
- Swartpuntbakkie
- Spoon limpet
- Eye limpet
- Oogklipmossel
- Spoon limpet
Habitat
- NOTES: Collected 1988 on the beach at the river mouth
- HABITAT NAME: Beach
Uses
- None known
- None
Months
- All year
Synonyms for Species
- Patella oculus
- Patella oculuschirci
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