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Lottia digitalis

Gastropoda - Patellida - Lottiidae

Taxonomy
Acmaea digitalis was named by Eschscholtz (1833). It is extant.

It was recombined as Collisella digitalis by Kern (1977); it was recombined as Acmaea (Collisella) digitalis by Susuki and Stadum (1978); it was recombined as Lottia digitalis by Kennedy (1992) and Hendy (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Acmaea digitalis Eschscholtz
1959Acmaea digitalis Addicott and Emerson p. 15
1977Collisella digitalis Kern pp. table 2
1978Acmaea (Collisella) digitalis Susuki and Stadum p. 8
1992Lottia digitalis Kennedy pp. table 1
2021Lottia digitalis 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
speciesdigitalis(Eschscholtz 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.

Lottia digitalis Eschscholtz 1833
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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 Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Acmaea digitalis (97241)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Acmaea digitalis (96592 96593 96594)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Acmaea digitalis (37933 37934 37937 37939 37943 37944 37947 37948)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Collisella digitalis (89573 194399 194407 194421)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Acmaea digitalis (96591)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Acmaea digitalis (52347 67641 67643 226465)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Acmaea digitalis (226458)