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Lottia paleacea (surfgrass limpet)

Gastropoda - Patellida - Lottiidae

Taxonomy
Acmaea paleacea was named by Gould (1853). It is extant.

It was recombined as Notoacmaea palacea by Marincovich (1976); it was recombined as Lottia paleacea by Hendy (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Acmaea paleacea Gould p. 376 figs. pl. 14, fig. 5
1976Notoacmaea palacea Marincovich pp. table 6
2021Lottia paleacea Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassPatellogastropoda(Lindberg 1986)
orderPatellida(Ihering 1876)
superfamilyLottioideaGray 1840
familyLottiidaeGray 1840
genusLottiaGray 1833
speciespaleacea(Gould 1853)

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.

Lottia paleacea Gould 1853 [surfgrass limpet]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-08-15 13:52:10
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:54:20
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Acmaea paleacea (201624)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Acmaea paleacea (96590 96592 96593)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Acmaea paleacea (138723)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Acmaea paleacea (160361 219029 219030 222662 240593)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Acmaea paleacea (96591)