The unstable limpet measuring approximately 3-4 cm is brown on its exterior and interior. It’s saddle-shaped when turned on it edge. Its habitat at Race Rocks is on the stipes (stems) of Pterygophora always growing subtidally.Thus the uneven margin underneath. It’s range is from Alaska to California

Joel Julius PC year 31 , with the shell of the unstable limpet.

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Patellogastropoda
Superfamily: Lottioidea
Family: Lottiidae
Genus: Lottia
Species: L.Instabilis

Limpet on its side dorsal surface We got it from this crab who had just ha a meal Other Members of the Phylum Mollusca at Race Rocks.

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The Race Rocks taxonomy is a collaborative venture originally started with the Biology and Environmental Systems students of Lester Pearson College UWC. It now also has contributions added by Faculty, Staff, Volunteers and Observers on the remote control webcams.  2005-Joel Julius PC year 31.