Common Limpet
Patella vulgata · Mollusc
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A cone-shelled sea snail up to 6 cm long, clamped firmly to rocks from high on the shore to the low-tide line on the wave-beaten coasts of western Europe; it grazes algae with a tongue of nearly two thousand teeth and comes home to the same spot each tide. Also called bernique or chapeau chinois in French. From clean water it can be eaten raw all year, the small ones from low on the shore being the most tender; it was famine food in Ireland, tough enough to need long boiling or roasting, and it is still eaten in Asturias and Portugal.
- Danger
- Harmless
- How it is met
- In colonies, day and night
- Size
- Tiny
- In winter
- Active in winter
Where it lives
Feeds on
Bladderwrack
Gives
Sources
- Patella vulgata. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 2026.
- Patelle commune. Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre, 2026.
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