Common European Limpet (Patella vulgata)

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Tiny #limpet reveals big secrets of the deep sea https://phys.org/news/2025-11-depths-discovery-tiny-limpet-reveals.html paper: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13235818.2025.2578245

"P. nautilus is part of a rare group of #limpets that make their homes on wood falls—tree trunks and branches that settle on the seafloor.... the presence of individuals of many different sizes indicates the #WoodFall supported multiple generations, suggesting that even tiny islands of habitat can sustain #DeepSea communities long enough for population turnover and dispersal"

Microphotograph of a limpet's teeth

Remember how strong spider silk is? Turns out, another biomaterial beats it: limpet teeth! These mollusks use a radula—a tongue-like protrusion with tiny teeth—to scrape algae off rocks.
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Read more about spider silk: https://t.me/SantryBlog/469
Learn about limpets: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limpet

Patella sp.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Patella_sp._-_Stavanger,_Norway_2021-08-03_(02).jpg

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