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Lottia sp.

Lottia sp.


Family: Lottiidae
Order: Lepetellida
Class: Gastropoda
Phylum / Division: Mollusca
Kingdom: Animalia

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Lottia is a genus of sea snails, specifically true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Lottiinae of the family Lottiidae, one of the families of true limpets.

Species: According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with accepted names are included within the genus Lottia :
  • Lottia abrolhosensis (Petuch, 1979)
  • Lottia acutapex (S. S. Berry, 1960)
  • Lottia albicosta (Adams, 1845)
  • Lottia alveus, (Conrad, 1831) - eelgrass limpet, became extinct in the 20th century
  • Lottia angusta (Moskalev in Golikov & Scarlato, 1967)
  • Lottia antillarum G.B. Sowerby I, 1834
  • Lottia argrantesta Simison & Lindberg, 2003
  • Lottia asmi (Middendorff, 1847) -- black limpet
  • Lottia atrata (Carpenter, 1857)
  • Lottia austrodigitalis (Murphy, 1978) This species is cryptic species and a sibling species with Lottia digitalis. Existence of Lottia austrodigitalis as separate species was genetically confirmed in 2007.
  • Lottia borealis (Lindberg, 1982) -- boreal limpet
  • Lottia cassis (Eschscholtz, 1833)
  • Lottia cellanica (Christiaens, 1980)
  • Lottia conus (Test, 1945)
  • Lottia cubensis (Reeve, 1855)
  • Lottia dalliana (Pilsbry, 1891)
  • Lottia digitalis (Rathke, 1833) - ribbed limpet
  • Lottia discors (Philippi, 1849)
  • Lottia dorsuosa (Gould, 1859)
  • Lottia edmitchelli (Lipps, 1963)
  • Lottia emydia (Dall, 1914)
  • Lottia fascicularis (Menke, 1851)
  • Lottia fenestrata (Reeve, 1855)
  • Lottia filosa (Carpenter, 1865)
  • Lottia formosa (Christiaens, 1980)
  • Lottia gigantea G.B. Sowerby I, 1834 - owl limpet
  • Lottia goshimai Nakayama, Sasaki & Nakano, 2017
  • Lottia iani Scuderi, Nakano & Eernisse, 2021
  • Lottia immaculata (Lindberg & McLean, 1981)
  • Lottia instabilis (Gould, 1846) -- unstable limpet
  • Lottia jamaicensis (Gmelin, 1791) - Jamaica limpet
  • Lottia kogamogai Sasaki & Okutani, 1994
  • Lottia langfordi (Habe, 1944)
  • Lottia leucopleura (Gmelin, 1791) - black-rib limpet
  • Lottia limatula (Carpenter, 1864) - file limpet
  • Lottia lindbergi Sasaki & Okutani, 1994
  • Lottia luchuana (Pilsbry, 1901)
  • Lottia marcusi (Righi, 1966)
  • Lottia mesoleuca (Menke, 1851)
  • Lottia mimica Lindberg & McLean, 1981
  • Lottia mitella (Menke, 1847)
  • Lottia mixta (Reeve, 1855)
  • Lottia mortoni (Christiaens, 1980)
  • Lottia noronhensis (E. A. Smith, 1890)
  • Lottia onychitis (Menke, 1843)
  • Lottia orbignyi (Dall, 1909)
  • Lottia painei Lindberg, 1987
  • Lottia paradigitalis (Fritchman, 1960)
  • Lottia pediculus (Philippi, 1846)
  • Lottia peitaihoensis (Grabau & S. G. King, 1928)
  • Lottia pelta (Rathke, 1833) - shield limpet
  • Lottia persona (Rathke, 1833)
  • Lottia rothi (Lindberg & McLean, 1981)
  • Lottia scabra (Gould, 1846) - rough limpet
  • Lottia scutum (Rathke, 1833)
  • Lottia septiformis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
  • Lottia smithi Lindberg & McLean, 1981
  • Lottia stanfordiana (Berry, 1957)
  • Lottia strigatella (Carpenter, 1864)
  • Lottia strongiana (Hertlein, 1958)
  • Lottia subrotundata (Carpenter, 1865)
  • Lottia subrugosa (d´Orbigny, 1846)
  • Lottia tenuisculptata Sasaki & Okutani, 1994
  • Lottia tranquebarica (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Lottia triangularis (Carpenter, 1864) -- triangular limpet
  • Lottia turveri (Hertlein & Strong, 1951)
  • Lottia versicolor (Moskalev in Golikov & Scarlato, 1967)
Species brought into synonymy:
  • Lottia cymbiola (Gould, 1846): synonym of Scurria variabilis (G.B. Sowerby I, 1839)
  • Lottia depicta (Hinds, 1842): synonym of Tectura depicta (Hinds, 1842)
  • Lottia insessa (Hinds, 1842): synonym for Discurria insessa (Hinds, 1842)
  • Lottia ochracea (Dall, 1871): synonym of Lottia instabilis (Gould, 1846)
  • Lottia paleacea (Gould, 1853): synonym of Tectura paleacea (Gould, 1853)
  • Lottia rosacea (Carpenter, 1864): synonym of Tectura rosacea (Carpenter, 1864)
  • Lottia testudinalis (Müller, 1776): synonym of Testudinalia testudinalis (O. F. Müller, 1776)
  • Lottia variabilis (Sowerby, 1839): synonym of Scurria variabilis (G.B. Sowerby I, 1839)


The following species are also: synonym of species in current use by the Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
  • Lottia areneosa (Gould, 1846)
  • Lottia heroldi (Dunker, 1861)
  • Lottia (Lottia) compressa (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Lottia (Lottia) patina (Eschscholtz in Rathke, 1833)
  • Lottia (Lottia) radiata (Eschscholtz in Rathke, 1833)
The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) adds the following species
  • Lottia ochracea (Dall, 1871) -- yellow limpet : synonym of Lottia instabilis (Gould, 1846)

Source: Wikipedia, article Lottia sp.. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 18/07/2026.





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Niebla
Región de Los Ríos
Chile
01/20/2017
Nicolas Olejnik



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EcoRegistros. 2026. Lottia sp. – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 15/09/2026.