OBJECT TITLE / NAME

Shell

MEDIAObject

COLLECTIONNepean Historical Society

REG NO.1078

HISTORY

From the Sydney Reed collection

DESCRIPTION

Black keyhole limpet. - Amblychilepas Nigrita.
Family: Fissurellidae (Keyhole Limpet)
The oval keyhole is used to sophon water. Name black is ill-chosen, shell is seldom black.

KEYWORDS

Natural History / conchology / shells / Reed, Sydney