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Lottia

Gastropoda - Patellida - Lottiidae

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

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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

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 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]
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Invalid names: Acmaea lepisma Berry 1940 [synonym]
Lottia digitalis Eschscholtz 1833 [fingered limpet]
Lottia edmitchelli Lipps 1966
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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]
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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]
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Invalid names: Acmaea (Collisella) spectrum Reeve 1855 [synonym]
Lottia scutum Eschscholtz 1833 [Pacific plate limpet]
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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
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma

Collections (128 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Acmaea digitalis (97241)
Zanclean - Gelasian5.333 - 1.8USA (California) L. insessa (214256)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Jamaica Acmaea acra (58522) Acmaea actina (69089 69093 69094)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Japan (Fukushima) Collisella cassis (62295)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (Florida) Acmaea actina (79958)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Acmaea scabra, Acmaea insessa (186031)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (California) Acmaea scabra, Acmaea limatula, Acmaea insessa (223033) Collisella scabra, Collisella edmitchelli, Collisella limatula (202496) Collisella scabra, Collisella edmitchelli, Collisella limatula, Collisella pelta, Notoacmea insessa (202495)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Acmaea persona, Acmaea scabra, Acmaea limatula, Acmaea insessa, Acmaea asmi (223075)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Acmaea insessa (237610 240572) Acmaea insessa, Acmaea paleacea (201624) Acmaea pelta, L. gigantea, Acmaea scabra, Acmaea limatula, Acmaea insessa (240577) L. gigantea, Acmaea limatula (240573) L. scabra (186843) L. scabra, L. limatula (186842)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Acmaea digitalis, Acmaea pelta, Acmaea persona, Acmaea scabra, Acmaea limatula, Acmaea insessa, Acmaea paleacea, Acmaea asmi (96592) Acmaea digitalis, Acmaea scutum, Acmaea insessa (96594) Acmaea digitalis, L. gigantea, Acmaea persona, Acmaea scabra, Acmaea limatula, Acmaea insessa, Acmaea paleacea, Acmaea asmi (96593) Acmaea persona, Acmaea scabra, Acmaea limatula, Acmaea insessa, Acmaea paleacea, Acmaea asmi (96590)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) L. gigantea (96565)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Acmaea digitalis, Acmaea limatula (37944) Acmaea digitalis, Acmaea pelta, Acmaea instabilis, Acmaea scabra, Acmaea limatula, Acmaea insessa (37933) Acmaea digitalis, Acmaea pelta, Acmaea scabra, Acmaea limatula, Acmaea insessa, Acmaea asmi (37939) Acmaea digitalis, Acmaea pelta, Acmaea scutum, Acmaea scabra, Acmaea limatula (37947) Acmaea digitalis, Acmaea pelta, Acmaea scutum, L. gigantea, Acmaea scabra, Acmaea limatula (37943) Acmaea digitalis, Acmaea pelta, L. gigantea, Acmaea scabra, Acmaea limatula, Acmaea insessa (37937) Acmaea digitalis, Acmaea scabra, Acmaea limatula (37934) Acmaea digitalis, Acmaea scutum, Acmaea scabra (37948) Acmaea limatula (37936) Acmaea pelta, Acmaea scabra (37941) Acmaea pelta, Acmaea scabra, Acmaea limatula (37945) Acmaea pelta, Acmaea scutum, Acmaea scabra, Acmaea limatula (37940) Acmaea scabra, Acmaea limatula (37942) L. gigantea, Acmaea scabra (37946) L. gigantea, Acmaea scabra, Acmaea limatula (37935) L. gigantea, Acmaea scabra, Acmaea limatula, Acmaea insessa (37938)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Acmaea insessa (202634 202639 202642 202646 203108 207886 222664 222665) Acmaea lepisma (203113) Acmaea lepisma, Acmaea depicta (203118) Acmaea lepisma, Acmaea limatula, Acmaea insessa (223525) Acmaea lepisma, Acmaea ochracea, Acmaea limatula, Acmaea insessa (203095) Acmaea limatula, Acmaea insessa (223329) Acmaea scabra, Acmaea incessa (222995) Collisella scabra, Collisella edmitchelli, Collisella limatula, Notoacmea insessa (202494) Collisella scabra, Collisella limatula (202493) Collisella scabra, Collisella limatula, Notoacmea insessa (202492) L. gigantea, Acmaea scabra, Acmaea limatula, Acmaea depicta, Acmaea paleacea, Acmaea asmi, Acmaea incessa (138723)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) Acmaea spectrum (222646)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (California) Collisella edmitchelli (81921)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Chile (Tarapaca) Scurria orbignyi (96672)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) Collisella onychitis (96708)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Uruguay L. subrugosa (195917)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) Collisella stanfordiana (44963)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (British Columbia) Acmaea pelta (75232)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Acmaea digitalis, Acmaea pelta, Acmaea scutum, L. gigantea, Acmaea persona, Acmaea scabra, Acmaea insessa, Acmaea paleacea, Acmaea asmi (96591)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Collisella limatula (194400 194410 194417 194428 194546) Collisella limatula, Collisella digitalis (194399) Collisella scabra, Collisella limatula (194406 194427 194430) Collisella scabra, Collisella limatula, Collisella digitalis (194407) L. gigantea, Collisella scabra, Collisella limatula (194405 194415) L. gigantea, Collisella scabra, Collisella limatula, Collisella digitalis (89573 194421)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Acmaea digitalis (240648) Acmaea digitalis, Acmaea pelta, Acmaea instabilis, Acmaea scabra, Acmaea limatula, Acmaea incessa (240653) Acmaea digitalis, Acmaea pelta, Acmaea scabra, Acmaea insessa (240655) Acmaea digitalis, Acmaea pelta, Acmaea scutum, Acmaea scabra, Acmaea insessa (240651) Acmaea digitalis, Acmaea persona, Acmaea scabra, Acmaea insessa (226458) Acmaea digitalis, Acmaea scutum, Acmaea persona, Acmaea scabra, Acmaea limatula, Acmaea insessa (240650) Acmaea incessa (240615) Acmaea insessa (59063 96895 240645) Acmaea insessa, Acmaea spectrum (222659) Acmaea instabilis, Acmaea depicta, Acmaea insessa, Acmaea paleacea (222662) Acmaea instabilis, Acmaea insessa (240580) Acmaea instabilis, Acmaea scabra, Acmaea limatula, Acmaea insessa (240600) Acmaea limatula, Acmaea insessa (96589 240595 240602) Acmaea pelta, Acmaea insessa (222661) Acmaea pelta, Acmaea insessa, Acmaea spectrum (222660) Acmaea pelta, Acmaea persona, Acmaea scabra, Acmaea limatula, Acmaea asmi, Acmaea incessa (202936) Acmaea pelta, L. gigantea, Acmaea persona, Acmaea scabra, Acmaea limatula, Acmaea depicta, Acmaea insessa, Acmaea paleacea, Acmaea asmi (160361) Acmaea persona (96555) Acmaea persona, Acmaea scabra (240609) Acmaea scabra (240603 240643 240644 240646 240652) Acmaea scabra, Acmaea depicta, Acmaea paleacea (219030) Acmaea scabra, Acmaea insessa, Acmaea paleacea (219029) Acmaea scabra, Acmaea limatula, Acmaea insessa (240594 240601) Acmaea scabra, Acmaea limatula, Acmaea paleacea (240593) Collisella scabra (96936) Collisella scabra, Collisella limatula, Collisella pelta, Notoacmea insessa (202490) Collisella sp., Collisella scabra, Collisella pelta, Notoacmea insessa (202491) L. gigantea, Acmea patina, Nacella incessa (222674)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Acmaea digitalis, Acmaea pelta, Acmaea scabra (67643) Acmaea digitalis, Acmaea pelta, Acmaea scabra, Acmaea insessa (67641) Acmaea digitalis, Acmaea scabra, Acmaea insessa (226465) Acmaea digitalis, Acmaea scutum, Acmaea instabilis, Acmaea scabra, Acmaea insessa, Acmaea asmi (52347) Acmaea insessa (226464) Acmaea pelta, Acmaea scutum (67613) Acmaea scutum, Acmaea scabra, Acmaea insessa, Acmaea asmi (226468) L. gigantea (67642) L. gigantea, Acmaea scabra (226466)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) Collisella edmitchelli (194394)