Fig. 7. The degree of shell clamping in response to applied lift for Cellana tramoserica exposed to linearly increasing lift forces. Limpet clamping displayed a linear trend (A, y=0.43x-0.16, r²=0.98; B, y=0.39x-0.27, r²=0.95) with respect to lift; however, differences could be observed between limpets (see A and B) both in the slope of the trend and in the degree of variation about the trend line.

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