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Lottia

Gastropoda - Patellida - Lottiidae

Taxonomy

Lottia was named by Gray (1833) [Sepkoski's age data: T Plio-u R]. It is extant. It is the type genus of Lottiini.

It was reranked as Patella (Lottia) by Gould (1846).

It was assigned to Patella by Gould (1846); to Patellidae by Abbott (1974); to Patellogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Lottiini by Bouchet et al. (2005); and to Lottiidae by Landau et al. (2016).

Synonyms

Tecturella was named by Carpenter (1860). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Lottia by Landau et al. (2016).
Tecturina was named by Carpenter (1861). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Lottia by Landau et al. (2016).
Lecania was named by Carpenter (1866). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Lottia by Landau et al. (2016).
Collisellacmaea was named by Christiaens (1975). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Lottia by Landau et al. (2016).
Collisella was named by Dall (1871) [Sepkoski's age data: Q Plei R]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Acmaea (Collisella) by Oldroyd (1925); it was synonymized subjectively with Lottia by Landau et al. (2016).

It was assigned to Acmaea by Oldroyd (1925); to Acmaeadae by Wilson (1993); to Lottiidae by Todd (2001); and to Patellogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1833	Lottia Gray
1846	Patella (Lottia) Gould p. 152
1860	Tecturella Carpenter
1861	Tecturina Carpenter p. 219
1866	Lecania Carpenter p. 343
1871	Collisella Dall
1925	Acmaea (Collisella) Oldroyd p. 19
1974	Lottia Abbott pp. 28, 29
1975	Collisellacmaea Christiaens
1993	Collisella Wilson p. 31
2001	Collisella Todd
2002	Collisella Sepkoski
2002	Lottia Sepkoski
2005	Lottia Bouchet et al. p. 102
2016	Lottia Landau et al. p. 9

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca

Rank	Name	Author
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Patellogastropoda	(Lindberg 1986)
order	Patellida	(Ihering 1876)
superfamily	Lottioidea	Gray 1840
family	Lottiidae	Gray 1840
genus	Lottia	Gray 1833

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Lottia Gray 1833

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Acmaea digitalis textilis Gould 1848

Acmaea persona vancouverensis Clark and Arnold 1923

†Lottia acra Woodring 1928

†Lottia actina Woodring 1928

Lottia asmi Middendorff 1847 [black limpet]

Lottia depicta Hinds 1842 [painted limpet]

Invalid names: Acmaea lepisma Berry 1940 [synonym]

Lottia digitalis Eschscholtz 1833 [fingered limpet]

†Lottia edmitchelli Lipps 1966

Invalid names: Acmaea mitchelli Lipps 1963 [replaced]

Lottia gigantea Sowerby 1834 [owl limpet]

Lottia insessa Hinds 1842 [seaweed limpet]

Lottia instabilis Gould 1846 [unstable limpet]

Invalid names: Acmaea ochracea Dall 1871 [synonym]

Lottia limatula Carpenter 1864 [file limpet]

Lottia orbignyi Dall 1909

Lottia paleacea Gould 1853 [surfgrass limpet]

Lottia pelta Eschscholtz 1833 [shield limpet]

Lottia persona Eschesholtz 1833 [mask limpet]

Lottia scabra Gould 1846 [rough limpet]

Invalid names: Acmaea (Collisella) spectrum Reeve 1855 [synonym]

Lottia scutum Eschscholtz 1833 [Pacific plate limpet]

Invalid names: Collisella patina Rathke 1833 [synonym]

Lottia strigatella Carpenter 1864

Lottia subrugosa dOrbigny 1846

Patella (Lottia) scabra Gould 1846 [rough limpet]

Invalid names: Collisella Dall 1871 [synonym], Collisellacmaea Christiaens 1975 [synonym], Lecania Carpenter 1866 [synonym], Tecturella Carpenter 1860 [synonym], Tecturina Carpenter 1861 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available