Lottia acra Woodring 1928 (limpet)

Gastropoda - Patellida - Lottiidae

Alternative combination: Acmaea acra

Belongs to Lottia according to B. M. Landau et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Lottia actina, Lottia asmi, Lottia depicta, Lottia digitalis, Lottia edmitchelli, Lottia gigantea, Lottia insessa, Lottia instabilis, Lottia limatula, Lottia orbignyi, Lottia paleacea, Lottia pelta, Lottia persona, Lottia scabra, Lottia scutum, Lottia strigatella, Lottia subrugosa, Patella (Lottia) scabra, Collisella (Conoidacmea)

Type specimen: USNM 135346, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Bowden Formation (Woodring 1925, 1928 Checklist) (Pliocene of Jamaica)

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