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Lottia Turveri
''Lottia'' is a genus of sea snails, specifically true limpets, marine (ocean), 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'' (Charles Baker Adams, 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 austrodigitali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lottia Gigantea
''Lottia gigantea'', common name the owl limpet, is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Lottiidae. Its genome has beesequencedat the Joint Genome Institute. Distribution The owl limpet is found on the Pacific coast of North America from northern California to southern Baja California. Description The owl limpet grows to a length of up to nine centimetres. The often much eroded shell has an elongated low cone shape with the apex close to one end. The anterior slope is concave. The general colour is brownish grey with pale markings and the foot is pale grey with a yellow or orange sole. There is also a small form that lives on the shells of mussels. It is even more elongated, up to twenty-five millimetres long, and dark blue with concentric growth rings. ''Lottia gigantea'' present a muscular orange foot. Round the edge of the foot the owl limpet has a distinctive pallial gill system which uses currents caused by the beating of cilia to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
