Limpet Species ID?

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Start date Jul 3, 2020
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Jul 3, 2020

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RandyC

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Any limpet experts out there that can ID this limpet species? Thanks in advance!

Dr. Reefs Quarantined Fish

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vetteguy53081

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scutum

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vetteguy53081 said:
scutum

thanks. Looks a little tall to be a plate limpet no? I definitely don’t know much about limpets so I could just be wrong, just have a pseudo-PhD in google searching. ;)

Jul 5, 2020

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nick9one1

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That's a keyhole, not a scutum.

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/limpets-good-or-bad.508826/

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