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Interesting Facts
Description
Family Lottiidae
Height generally (but not always) more than one-fourth the length of the shell ; marginas not so prominently scalloped that the places where radial ribs meet the margin project as points ; animal sometimes white, but if so, without dark spots on the head and sides of the foot .
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
()
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
()
- Phylum:
Mollusca
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795
- Molluscs
- Subclass:
Eogastropoda
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
- Order:
Patellogastropoda
()
- Lindberg, 1986
- Suborder:
Nacellina
()
- Lindberg, 1988
- Superfamily:
Lottioidea
()
- J.E. Gray, 1840
- Superfamily:
Lottioidea
(
- Suborder:
Nacellina
(
- Order:
Patellogastropoda
(
- Subclass:
Eogastropoda
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Lottia
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 15 species and subspecies in this genus:
L. alveus (Eelgrass Limpet) · L. alveus alveus (Bowl Limpet) · L. alveus parallela (Bowl Limpet) · L. asmi (Black Limpet) · L. borealis (Boreal Limpet) · L. digitalis (Ribbed Limpet) · L. gigantea (Owl Limpet) · L. instabilis (Unstable Limpet) · L. jamaicensis (Jamaica Limpet) · L. leucopleura (Black-Rib Limpet) · L. limatula (File Limpet) · L. ochracea (Yellow Limpet) · L. pelta (Shield Limpet) · L. scabra (Rough Limpet) · L. triangularis (Triangular Limpet)
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Further Reading
- Blainville, H. D. 1823. Memoire sur les especes du genre Calmar (Loligo, Lamarck). Journal de Physique, de Chimie et d'Histoire Naturelle, 96. 116-135.
- Comments: This paper (March 1823) has priority over Dict. Sci. Nat., vol 27 (July 1823).
- Lu, C. C., R. Boucher-Rodoni and A. Tillier 1995. Catalogue of types of recent Cephalopoda in the Museum national d'Histoire Naturelle (France). Bulletin du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, (series 4) 17 (3-4). 307-343.
- Michael J. Sweeney: Taxon Validity: [fide Vecchione et al. (1998)]. Repository: MNHN Syntype; specimen not found [fide Lu et al. (1995)]. Type Locality: Brazil and Carolina strands
- Michael J. Sweeney: subgenus: Lolliguncula author: Steenstrup, 1881
- Sweeney, M. J. and C. F. E. Roper / N. A. Voss, M. Vecchione, R. B. Toll and M. J. Sweeney, eds. 1998. Classification, type localities and type repositories of recent Cephalopoda. Systematics and Biogeography of Cephalopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 586 (I-II). Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, D. C., USA. 561-599.
- Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. American Fisheries Society. Bethesda, Maryland, USA. 526. ISBN: 1-888569-01-8.
- Vecchione, M. J., T. F. Brakoniecki, Y. Natsukari and R. T. Hanlon / N. A. Voss et al., eds. 1998. A provisional generic classification of the family Loliginidae. Systematics and Biogeography of Cephalopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 586 (I-II). Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, D. C., USA. 215-222.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
Identifiers
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: IMGASZ1012
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 175206
