limpet

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The latest version, known as the Envlogger, sports a thick plastic housing instead of a limpet shell, can store data for a year or more, and has a battery life of 5 years.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 1, 2023

Navy blamed Iran for a series of limpet mine attacks on vessels that damaged tankers.

From Washington Times • Aug. 3, 2021

In April the Saviz, an Iranian vessel anchored in the southern Red Sea, suffered damage to its hull believed to have been caused by limpet mines.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2021

Other information appears to confirm that the object was an unexploded limpet mine.

From Salon • Jun. 24, 2019

Bits of sea glass among the mermaids’ purses and limpet shells.

From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk