Patella candei
Patella candei, also known as the sun 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. Description. The naturalist Alcide d'Orbigny named the gastropod after Ferdinand de Candé. The size of the shell varies between 20 mm and 80 mm. Distribution. This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores, Canary Islands, Madeira and the Savage Islands.