Helcion pectunculus, common name the prickly limpet, is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Patellidae, one of the families of true limpets.[1]

Helcion pectunculus
Five views of a shell of Helcion pectunculus (Gmelin, 1791)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Patellogastropoda
Family: Patellidae
Genus: Helcion
Species:
H. pectunculus
Binomial name
Helcion pectunculus
(Gmelin, 1791)

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