User:Redgreenblue1/Cellana talcosa

Comments (by A. Faucci):

- lots of great info. make sure you organize it according to the general Wikipedia species format and the required sections: lead (which is a short 1-4 sentence overview of the article; the current first sentence is plenty), Description (which includes how they look, so morphology and anatomy, their shells, color, size etc.), Distribution (geographic distribution), Habitat (where they can be found in their geographic range), and Human Use & Cultural Significance. You can combine Distribution & Habitat into 1 section. You can also add a Biology section after Description to include info on what they eat, reproduction, behavior, etc.. You can add more, and i can see that you are ambitious, but the above is all you really need. So keep your draft in the sandbox and then at the end just move over what is polished.

- Please do not copy any text from your sources and add it in quotations. Quotations should be used for famous speeches and saying, but have no place in Wikipedia or any scientific writing.

- If you get info for opihi, make sure it is only info for Cellana talcosa and not any other opihi species.

- Make sure you use the "Cite function to link each sentence with its reference.

- You have lots of great references, but it's ok to have some general ones such as: https://www.marinelifephotography.com/marine/mollusks/gastropods/limpets/cellana-talcosa.htm

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Cellana Talcosa have great cultural and economical value and is also an important food source in the islands of Hawaii (Tom, Shauna Kehaunani). C. talcosa is one of three endemic Hawaiian limpets. 'Opihi's habitat is the "wave-exposed shores of the Hawaiian Archipelago" and displays the 'Opihi as an "adaptive radiation among marine Mollusks" (Albright, Ashlee). To be specific, C. talcosa inhabits a subtidal range from the "calcareous algal zone up to 10 m depths" (Albright, Ashlee). The 'Opihi is a monophyletic endemic species. C. talcosa is characterized by a flath shell that is " thin in juveniles and disproportionately massive in large adults," and "mantel tentacles of varying lengths" (Bird, Christopher E). C.talcosa has a greater length of "increase of up to 60 mm in shell length" (Kay, E. Allison). For this species, "artificial structures could be managed to establish and contribute to the conservation of giant limpet species that naturally settle on them" (Espinosa, F).

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Cultural use

This portion of the article will contain information of how the people of hawaii used the shells of 'opihi for taro, kalo, and even for rituals.

Morphological and Behavioral Adaptations and Anatomy

This portion will rely heavily on the anatomy and morphology of the 'opihi.

Radiation of Endemic 'Opihi

This portion of the article will emphasis the 'opihi as endemic

Biological Conservation

This portion of the article will focus on the efforts made for the conservation of "opihi