Oceana joined forces with Sailors for the Sea, an ocean conservation organization dedicated to educating and engaging the world’s boating community. I just run my thumbnail around the inside to take out the flesh and will eat several in a sitting.

Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. The limpets tasted very much like mussels, which I love, and I think could be used as a substitute in many dishes. This species is also known to undergo male to female sex change. Common limpets living under algae live only 2 to 3 years, whereas those living on bare rocks may live up to 16 years.

I decided to just get half a dozen as I had no idea what they tasted like and I didn’t plan to cook them as a meal, only a taste. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account.

Using its muscular foot, the common limpet is able to form such a tight bond to its home rocks that it is very difficult to pry off. 1.

Sign our petition to tell GrubHub to take shark fin off the menu now – before the ocean’s most iconic predators disappear. ( Log Out /  1. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. I have not cooked with them yet, but soon will. The local limpet is Cellana tramoserica, the Variegated Limpet, and is common on rocky foreshores here on the Sunshine Coast. I agree I often eat raw limpets when I am fishing from the shoreline they are very tasty. Common limpets move around during the first few years of life, then settle in one home for the remainder of their lives. An Italian friend had given me a few tips on recipes which involved garlic, tomatoes, onions and wine, but I doubt I could have tasted the limpets, so I just quickly pan fried them. Gastropods that have limpet-like or patelliform shells are found in several different clades: All small individuals are male, and upon reaching a certain size, they change to become female. The thick, conical shell and strong, muscular foot combine to offer the common limpet a formidable defense against predators both in and out of the water.

I have previously written about eating chitons and thought limpets may be similar. They scrape films of algae from the rock with a radula, a ribbon-like tongue with rows of teeth. I know they are eaten in Italy, usually with pasta, so I thought I would cook and try a few.

Temperate Eastern Atlantic Ocean Along the Coast of Western Europe, Class Gastropoda (Snails and Slugs), Family Patellidae (True Limpets). ( Log Out /  ( Log Out /  Common limpets grow to a maximum length of 2.4 inches (6 cm), with females typically growing larger than males. The local limpet is Cellana tramoserica, the Variegated Limpet, and is common on … 3.