Lottia genus of sea snails , specifically true limpets , marine gastropod mollusks in the family Lottiidae, one of the families of true limpets.
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 cymbiola (Gould, 1846): synonym of Scurria variabilis Lottia depicta (Hinds, 1842): synonym of Tectura depicta (Hinds, 1842)Lottia insessa (Hinds, 1842): synonym for Discurria insessa 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 Lottia variabilis (Sowerby, 1839): synonym of Scurria variabilis The following species are also: synonym of species in current use by the Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
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)
