Common name of Tectura paleacea
 
Common Name Surfgrass limpet
Language English
Type AFS
Official Trade Name No
Rank 1 - (Legal common name (unique))
Country Canada
Locality
Ref. Turgeon, D.D., J.F. Quinn Jr., A.E. Bogan, E.V. Coan, F.G. Hochberg, W.G. Lyons, P.M. Mikkelsen, R.J. Neves, C.F.E. Roper, G. Rosenberg, B. Roth, A. Scheltema, F.G. Thompson, M. Vecchione and J.D. Willams, 1998
Life Stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core behavior
1st Modifier habitat/ecology
2nd Modifier
Remarks 'limpet', from Medieval Latin 'lampreda', i.e., 'lamprey', clings tenaciously to someone or something.
Glossary [ e.g. cnidaria]
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