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Lottia

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Lottiidae

Higher classification
  
Lottiidae

Rank
  
Genus

Superfamily
  
Lottioidea

Scientific name
  
Lottia

Phylum
  
Mollusca


Lower classifications
  
Lottia gigantea, Eelgrass limpet

Lottia is a genus of sea snails, specifically true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Lottiidae, one of the families of true limpets.

Contents

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Territorial lottia gigantea


Species

Lottia Shell Catalogue Family LOTTIIDAE

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with accepted names are included within the genus Lottia :

Species brought into synonymy
Lottia Lottiidae pictures

  • Lottia cymbiola (Gould, 1846): synonym of Scurria variabilis (G.B. Sowerby I, 1839)
  • Lottia depicta (Hinds, 1842): synonym of Tectura depicta (Hinds, 1842)
  • Lottia insessa (Hinds, 1842): synonym for Discurria insessa (Hinds, 1842)
  • Lottia ochracea (Dall, 1871): synonym of Lottia instabilis (Gould, 1846)
  • Lottia paleacea (Gould, 1853): synonym of Tectura paleacea (Gould, 1853)
  • Lottia rosacea (Carpenter, 1864): synonym of Tectura rosacea (Carpenter, 1864)
  • Lottia testudinalis (Müller, 1776): synonym of Testudinalia testudinalis (O. F. Müller, 1776)
  • Lottia variabilis (Sowerby, 1839): synonym of Scurria variabilis (G.B. Sowerby I, 1839)

    • The following species are also: synonym of species in current use by the Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

    Lottia Lottia orbignyi

  • Lottia areneosa (Gould, 1846)
  • Lottia heroldi (Dunker, 1861)
  • Lottia (Lottia) compressa (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Lottia (Lottia) patina (Eschscholtz in Rathke, 1833)
  • Lottia (Lottia) radiata (Eschscholtz in Rathke, 1833)

    • The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) adds the following species

  • Lottia ochracea (Dall, 1871) -- yellow limpet : synonym of Lottia instabilis (Gould, 1846)

    • References

    Lottia Wikipedia
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