Patella ulyssiponensis Gmelin, 1791, (china limpet)
IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN

9 Jun 2007 at OSGR: SW61 in West Cornwall, England

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Record Summary	on rocks in harbour
Found as	Living animal
Date	9 June 2007
OS grid ref	OSGR: SW61
Lat/Lon	50° 0’ N, 5° 20’ W
Vice County	West Cornwall, VC no: 1
Country	England

Notes: Rather flat limpet with peak well back from centre of shell

The following literature was used to identify this find:

Graham, A., 1971. British Prosobranch and other operculate gastropod molluscs. Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 2, ed 1, 112pp, The Linnean Society of London
Beedham, G.E., 1972. Identification of the British Mollusca. Hulton Group Keys, 236pp, Hulton Educational Publications Ltd.

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Patella ulyssiponensis Gmelin, 1791, (china limpet)
IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN

9 Jun 2007 at OSGR: SW61 in West Cornwall, England

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