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  4. ›Vetigastropods
  5. ›Keyhole Limpets, Abalone, and Allies
  6. ›Fissurelloidea
  7. ›Keyhole Limpets and Slit Limpets
  8. ›Fissurellideinae
  9. ›Megathura
Giant Keyhole Limpet
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Giant Keyhole Limpet

Megathura crenulata

Megathura crenulata is a northeastern Pacific Ocean species of limpet in the family Fissurellidae known commonly as the great keyhole limpet or giant keyhole limpet. Megathura is a monotypic genus, in other words, this is the only species in that genus. This species occurs along the rocky coast of western North America, its distribution extending from Southern California to the Baja California peninsula in Mexico. It is found in the intertidal zone and in the sea...

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48645.