Lottia gigantea Sowerby 1834 (limpet)
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Gastropoda - Patellida - Lottiidae
Belongs to Lottia according to A. Hendy 2021
See also Addicott and Emerson 1959, Ashley 1895 and Landau et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Lottia acra, Lottia actina, Lottia asmi, Lottia depicta, Lottia digitalis, Lottia edmitchelli, 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)
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Mexico (9 collections), United States (8: California)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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