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Tortoise-shelled limpet -
Testudinalia testudinalis
Scientific names: Testudo in its genitive form testudinis, means
tortoise or turtle. -alis means belonging to, tessella means a little
cube and tesselatus means checkered. All words are of Latin origin.
Other scientific names: Acmaea testudinalis,
Acmaea tessulata, Notoacmea testudinalis.
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