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Lottia gigantea (owl limpet)
Taxonomy
Lottia gigantea was named by Sowerby (1834). It is extant.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1834 | Lottia gigantea Sowerby |
| 1895 | Lottia gigantea Ashley p. 343 |
| 1959 | Lottia gigantea Addicott and Emerson p. 15 |
| 2016 | Lottia gigantea Landau et al. p. 9 |
| 2021 | Lottia gigantea Hendy |
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Lottia gigantea Sowerby 1834 [owl limpet]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (19 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleistocene | USA (California) | Lottia gigantea (240573 240577) | |
| Pleistocene | Mexico (Baja California) | Lottia gigantea (96593) | |
| Pleistocene | Mexico (Sonora) | Lottia gigantea (96565) | |
| Quaternary | USA (California) | Lottia gigantea (37935 37937 37938 37943 37946) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | USA (California) | Lottia gigantea (138723) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Lottia gigantea (160361 222674) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Mexico | Lottia gigantea (67642 226466) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | Mexico (Baja California) | Lottia gigantea (89573 194405 194415 194421) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Mexico (Baja California) | Lottia gigantea (96591) |