Cellana exarata
Cellana exarata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Patellogastropoda
Superfamily:	Nacelloidea
Family:	Nacellidae
Genus:	Cellana
Species:	C. exarata
Binomial name
Cellana exarata

Cellana exarata, common name the Black foot opihi, and Hawaiian blackfoot^[1] is a species of edible true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Nacellidae, one of the families of true limpets.

Distribution [link]

This species is endemic to the islands of Hawaii.

Habitat [link]

This limpet lives in the splash zone, higher up in the intertidal zone than Cellana sandwicensis.

Description [link]

Both the shell and the foot of the animal are black in color.

Human use [link]

This species is used as a food item. It is considered not as high a quality food as the yellow foot ophi, Cellana sandwicensis.

ventral view

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