Scutellastra longicosta, the long-spined limpet or the duck's foot limpet, is a species of true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Patellidae, one of the families of true limpets. It is native to the coasts of South Africa where it is found on the foreshore. It cultivates a species of crustose brown algae in a "garden".
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Duck's foot limpet being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Patelloida saccharina
- Cymbula oculus
- Siphonaria sirius
- Cymbula granatina
- Siphonaria gigas
- Scutellastra chapmani
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Patellida
- Family
- Patellidae
- Genus
- Scutellastra
- Species
- Scutellastra longicosta
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