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Structural
- a hard outer shell to protect itself from predators and make itself harder to eat.
- gills so it can breathe and get oxygen while submerged in the water
- foot and suction mechanism to stop it being swept away by the water
Behavioural
- moves into rock pools to prevent itself drying out
Psychological
- has a layer of slime to stop itself drying out

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- Rocky shore
- Under rocks and in sheltered areas
-They are found mostly in the mid tide area or in rock pools

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- herbivores so they eat plants
- they eat algae, cornellia and neptunes necklace
- they are grazing herbivores that move along the rocky shore eating plant materials as they go
- they need to eat algae in order to survive so they need water in order for the algae to grow
- they have a long radula to scrape up plant materials as they graze

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- they get eaten by birds
- they have interspecific and intraspecific competition, fighting for space and food

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What Abiotic Factors effect the topshell?

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What Abiotic Factors effect the topshell?

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Temperature: As Topshells can't tolerate high temperatures they are found in the mid tide area, where temperature levels are cooler.  If the temperature increase, the rate of water evaporating also increases.

Wave exposure:  Since Topshells live at the mid tide area, they are equally exposed (around 6 hours) to air and water and are adapted to withstand this fluctuation.

Salinity: As topshells have a shell made from calcium carbonate, if the water salinity decreases (becomes more acidic) their protective shells can get dissolved which ulitmately can threaten their chance of survival.