Common Tortoiseshell Limpet
Testudinalia testudinalis
(1-2: San Carlos Beach, Monterey / 3: Monastery Beach, Carmel-By-The-Sea)
In the first image, it's the spotted shell in the center. The bigger things that look like volcanoes are barnacles.
Giant Keyhole Limpet
Megathura crenulata
(1,3-5: San Carlos Beach, Monterey / 2: McAbee Beach, Monterey / 6: Whaler's Cove, Point Lobos / 7-8: Nudibranch City, Santa Cruz Island)
This is a giant keyhole limpet shell: (1: Lovers Point, Monterey)
Keyhole Limpet
Diodora aspera
(1,4,6-8: San Carlos Beach, Monterey / 2-3: Whaler's Cove, Point Lobos / 5: Bluefish Cove, Point Lobos)
Pacific Plate Limpet
Lottia scutum
(1-3: Whaler's Cove, Point Lobos)
Two-Spot Keyhole Limpet
Fissurellidea bimaculata
(1: Monastery Beach, Carmel-By-The-Sea / 2: Whaler's Cove, Point Lobos)
Whitecap Limpet
Acmaea mitra
(1-3: San Carlos Beach, Monterey)
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