Rose Barnacle
Tesseropora rosea
Features
Whitish, 4 shell plates, often eroded in larger specimens to show pinkish colour. To about 20 mm across and 12 mm high.
Notes
On rocks at seaward edge, able to tolerate strong wave activity. Eastern Australia and southern Western Australia; South Africa.
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