cup-and-saucer limpet

cup-and-saucer limpet
noun also cup-and-saucer
Etymology: so called from the shape of the inverted shell, the inner shelf of which resembles a cup sitting on the saucer-shaped outer shell
: a mollusk of the family Calyptraeidae

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