Limpet shells on the rocks at White Island, in the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Limpet shell on sandstone rock, Northumberland, Northeast England, United Kingdom, Europe

Common limpets (Patella vulgata) and acorn barnacles (Balanus perforatus) attached to rocks exposed at low tide, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Rockpool with barnacles, mussels, limpets and seaweed at Kilkee, County Clare, West Coast of Ireland

Bladderwrack bladder seaweed and limpets on the rocks in Kilkee, County Clare, West Coast of Ireland

Bladderwrack bladder seaweed and limpets on the rocks in Kilkee, County Clare, West Coast of Ireland

Common limpet (Patella vulgata) surrounded by acorn barnacles (Balanus balanoides), Loch Carron, Wester Ross, Scotland

Smooth Tortoiseshell Limpe (tAcmaea virginea), pink/purple in colour on reddish brown background, St Abbs, Scotland, UK North Sea

Common limpet (Patella vulgata) surrounded by acorn barnacles (Balanus balanoides), Loch Carron, Wester Ross, Scotland

Mussels growing on the Cornish coast, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Limpets. Jersey, British Isles

Mussels growing on the Cornish coast, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Hawaii, Oahu, A bunch of fresh Limpets Opihi laying on a rock.

Hawaii, Oahu, A bunch of fresh Limpets Opihi laying on a rock.

Hawaii, Oahu, A bunch of fresh Limpets Opihi laying on sand.

Hawaii, Oahu, A bunch of fresh Limpets Opihi laying on a rock.

Limpets on rock, Finistere, Brittany, France