limpets

We found some shellfish, namely limpets, periwinkles, and abundance of small oysters, growing on the rocks, which were very sweet.

A Voyage to New Holland William Dampier 1683

Instead, the team discovered the vent had been taken over by two species of sea snails known as limpets,

Wired Top Stories Jennifer Welsh 2010

Instead, the team discovered the vent had been taken over by two species of sea snails known as limpets,

Wired Top Stories Jennifer Welsh 2010

Thompson's doctoral study was on slimy stuff that mollusks such as limpets and winkles like to eat: diatoms, cyanobacteria, algae, and tiny plants that cling to seaweed.

Excerpt: The World Without Us by Alan Weisman 2007

This mecon in the turbinated genera is lodged in the spiral part of the shell, while in univalves, such as limpets, it occupies the fundus, and in bivalves is placed near the hinge, the so-called ovum lying on the right; while on the opposite side is the vent.

On the Parts of Animals 2002

In the center of the table there was a large pile of weapons, only some of which she could identify: “pistols, machine guns, hand grenades, limpets, and other horrors.”

A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011

In the center of the table there was a large pile of weapons, only some of which she could identify: “pistols, machine guns, hand grenades, limpets, and other horrors.”

A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011

If you cut them open with scissors, it's easy to get at thelusicious orange meat inside ... much better than whelks and limpets.

Six-Word Story Contest Winner 2009

It arises out of the fact that they are, to all intents and purposes, harder to remove from their jobs than limpets … on March 25, 2010 at 8: 15 am R/T

Hayley Adamson is dead but Northumbria wins Gold! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010

Today, employees cling to jobs like limpets to wet rocks.

How to Ace a Google Interview William Poundstone 2011