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Unread 03/12/2017, 09:47 PM   #1
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What is this?

Can anybody help me identify this?


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Unread 03/12/2017, 11:42 PM   #2
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Limpit


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Unread 03/13/2017, 12:18 AM   #3
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That's probably a chiton. If it's a limpet it has a malformed shell.


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Unread 03/13/2017, 04:15 AM   #4
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Pull it out from under the sand and get a photo of the shell. It's likely a chiton, but it's hard to ID anything looking at the underside.


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+1 Chiton. I have several.


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Unread 03/13/2017, 07:56 PM   #6
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Hmm I guess I never took a good look at the underside of my chitons. It does look like a chiton


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Unread 03/14/2017, 05:40 AM   #7
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Hmm I guess I never took a good look at the underside of my chitons. It does look like a chiton
I agree. And I can't say I've ever seen a chiton curve like the one in the pic. They may, but I've never seen it. They do have a segmented shell, so it's entirely possible, but every one I've seen is a very straight oval shape.


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