Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
92.29.024 A—F
Accession#:
92.29
Credit Line:
Donated by Caroline Jensen.
Object Name:
Shell
Title:
Plate Limpet (Notoacmea Scutum)
Description:
A—B —" 1.5 inches by 1.25 inches by 0.75 inches
C—F — 1.0 inches by 0.75 inches by 0.25 inches
Six shells are low, flattened cones with irregular brown and white radiating stripes. Interior has milky white or light blue band around inside margin with brown solid or mottled center. Interior shiny, exterior dull.
A — has two acorn barnacles.
Notes:
Similar to Notoacmea scutum, "Under Alaskan Seas", p.99.
Donor's labels read: "LIMPITS (Acmaea cassis) Shield Limpit and (Acmaea digitalis)".
See 92.29.001
Search Terms:
Biological
Sea Animal
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