Helcion pectunculus

Helcion pectunculus^[1], 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.^[2]

Helcion Petunculus, a marine shelled invertebrate

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

Distribution

Its mostly present around southern coast of africa. Its a marine species.^[3]