Lottia insessa Hinds 1842 (limpet)

Gastropoda - Patellida - Lottiidae

Alternative combinations: Acmaea incessa, Acmaea insessa, Nacella incessa, Notoacmea insessa, Patella insessa

Belongs to Lottia according to A. Hendy 2021

See also Ashley 1895, Chace and Chace 1919, Hendy 2020, Marincovich 1976 and Oldroyd 1925

Sister taxa: Lottia acra, Lottia actina, Lottia asmi, Lottia depicta, Lottia digitalis, Lottia edmitchelli, Lottia gigantea, 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)

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Mexico (10 collections), United States (36: California)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: California)

• Pliocene of United States (1: California)

Total: 48 collections each including a single occurrence

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