Theo Bosboom / Common limpets (Patella vulgata) hit by a big wave from the Atlantic ocean at the coast of Crohy head, Donegal, Republic of Ireland. November 2017

Philippe Clement / Lined top shells (Phorcus lineatus) and Common european limpets (Patella vulgata) in a rock pool, Normandy, France, June.

Theo Bosboom / Limpets (Patellidae) exposed at low tide on the coast of Playa de Ursa, Portugal. Finalist in the Animals in their Environment Category of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards (WPOY) Competiti...

Theo Bosboom / Empty shell of Common limpet (Patella vulgata) after it was taken of a rock, opened and eaten by a seabird. Bosta beach, Lewis, Scotland. February 2018

Theo Bosboom / Layers of colourful flysch rock partly covered with sand and with common limpets (patella vulgata) on several places, as photographed on Barinatxe beach in the Blibao region in Northeast Spain. April...

Theo Bosboom / Slate rock covered with barnacles and Common limpets (Patella vulgata) Playa de las Cathedrales, Galicia, Northwest Spain. November 2016.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Common limpet (Patella vulgata) grazing in the intertidal zone, Scotland, UK, August.

Guy Edwardes / Limpets on patterned rock, Northumberland, England, UK.

Nick Upton / Common limpet (Patella vulgata), two on rock exposed by falling tide. Cornwall, England, UK. September.

Nick Upton / Common limpets (Patella vulgata) and Poli's stellate barnacles (Chthamalus stellatus) on rocks exposed at low tide. Kimmeridge, Dorset, England, UK. July.

Nick Upton / Common limpet (Patella vulgata) on the move on intertidal rock exposed at low tide. Cornwall, England, UK. September.

Staffan Widstrand / Seashells collected from beach, Triton Bay, Mainland New Guinea, Western Papua, Indonesian New Guinea

Nick Upton / Common brittle star (Ophiothrix fragilis) moving in a rockpool, with a Common limpet (Patella vulgata) nearby, Cornwall, England, UK, September.

Fabrice Cahez / Limpets (Patella vulgata) Brittany / Bretagne, France

Robin Chittenden / Beadlet anemone (Actinia equina) with Barnacles (Thoracica) Dog whelk (Nucella lapillus) Brittany, France. August 2014

Nick Upton / Common limpet (Patella vulgata) and young Acorn barnacles (Semibalanus balanoides) attached to rocks on seashore, north Cornwall, UK, September.

Sue Daly / Blue-rayed limpet (Patella pellucida) Guillaumesse, Sark, British Channel Islands.

MYN / Carsten Krieger / Common Limpet (Patella vulgata) from rock pool, County Clare, Republic of Ireland, August. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Carsten Krieger / Common Limpet (Patella vulgata) from rock pool, County Clare, Republic of Ireland, August. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Carsten Krieger / Common Limpet (Patella vulgata) from rock pool, County Clare, Republic of Ireland, August. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Carsten Krieger / Common Limpet (Patella vulgata) with Red Alga (Corallina sp) County Clare, Republic of Ireland, December. Meetyourneighbours.net project

Nick Upton / Common limpets (Patella vulgata) and Acorn barnacles (Balanus perforatus) attached to rocks exposed at low tide, Lyme Regis, Dorset, UK, April.

Nick Upton / Patterns left by Common limpets (Patella vulgata) grazing on alga covered rocks with their scraping radulas, Kimmeridge, Dorset, UK, March.

Nick Upton / Patterns left by Common limpets (Patella vulgata) grazing on alga covered rocks with their scraping radulas, Kimmeridge, Dorset, UK, March.

Nick Upton / Patterns left by Common limpets (Patella vulgata) grazing on alga covered rocks with their scraping radulas, Kimmeridge, Dorset, UK, March.

Philippe Clement / Limpets (Patellidae sp) on rock, North Sea, Belgium

Mike Potts / Carrion crow (Corvus corone ) feeding on Limpet (Patella vulgata) on rocky shore, Penrhyn Bay, Conwy, North Wales, UK. March.

Mike Potts / Carrion crow (Corvus corone ) feeding on Limpet (Patella vulgata), standing among seaweed at low tide, Penrhyn Bay, Conwy, North Wales, UK. March.

Mike Potts / Carrion crow (Corvus corone ) feeding on Limpet (Patella vulgata), standing among seaweed at low tide, Penrhyn Bay, Conwy, North Wales, UK. March

Alex Mustard / Ring of Blue mussels (Mytilus edulis), Common limpets (Patella vulgata) and Black-footed limpets (Patella depressa), Cornwall, UK, English Channel.

Alex Mustard / Life in a rockpool, including acorn barnacles (unidentified), black-footed limpets (Patella depressa), common limpets (Patella vulgata) and common periwinkles (Littorina littorea). Falmouth, Cornwall,...

Alex Mustard / Common limpet (Patella vulgata) on red rocks. St Brides Haven, Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom. British Isles. Irish Sea.

Alex Mustard / Acorn barnacles (unidentifed), Red beadlet anemones (Actinia equina) and Common limpets (Patella vulgata). Farne Islands, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom. North Sea

Alex Mustard / Limpets / Common limpet (Patella vulgata) and acorn barnacles (unidentified) on red rocks. St Brides Haven, Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom. Irish Sea.

Chris Shields / Illustration of Common limpet (Patella vulgata)

Nick Upton / Timelapse of a Cushion star (Asterina gibbosa) moving in a rock pool, with a Common limpet (Patella vulgata) reacting nearby, Gower Peninsula, Glamorgan, Wales, UK, August.

Nick Upton / Timelapse of a Cushion star (Asterina gibbosa) moving in a rock pool, with a Common limpet (Patella vulgata) reacting nearby, Gower Peninsula, Glamorgan, Wales, UK, August.

Nick Upton / Common or Starlet cushion star (Asterina gibbosa) on the move in a rock pool, with a Common limpet (Patella vulgata) reacting by "mushrooming" up to raise its shell, ready to "stomp" down on the starf...