# Lottia

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Genus of gastropods

Lottia Lottia gigantea Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Subclass: Patellogastropoda Family: Lottiidae Subfamily: Lottiinae Tribe: Lottiini Genus: Lottia Gray, 1833[1] Species See text Synonyms[citation needed] Acmaea (Collisella) Dall, 1871 Collisella Dall, 1871 Collisella (Collisella) Dall, 1871 Collisella (Kikukozara) Habe, 1944 Collisellacmaea Christiaens, 1975 Conoidacmea Habe, 1944 Kikukozara Habe, 1944 Lecania Carpenter, 1866 (junior objective synonym of Lottia) Nomaeopelta S.S. Berry, 1958 Tecturella Carpenter, 1860 (junior homonym of Tecturella Stimpson, 1854) Tecturina Carpenter, 1861 (not available: nomen nudum)

***Lottia*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [sea snails](/source/Sea_snail), specifically true [limpets](/source/Limpet), [marine](/source/Marine_(ocean)) [gastropod](/source/Gastropod) [mollusks](/source/Mollusk) in the subfamily [Lottiinae](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lottiinae&action=edit&redlink=1) of the family [Lottiidae](/source/Lottiidae), one of the families of true limpets.

## Species

According to the [World Register of Marine Species](/source/World_Register_of_Marine_Species) (WoRMS), the following species with accepted names are included within the genus *Lottia* :[2]

- *[Lottia abrolhosensis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lottia_abrolhosensis&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Petuch, 1979)

- *[Lottia acutapex](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lottia_acutapex&action=edit&redlink=1)* (S. S. Berry, 1960)

- *[Lottia albicosta](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lottia_albicosta&action=edit&redlink=1)* ([Adams](/source/Charles_Baker_Adams), 1845)[3]

- † *[Lottia alveus](/source/Lottia_alveus)*, (Conrad, 1831) - eelgrass limpet, became extinct in the 20th century

- *[Lottia angusta](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lottia_angusta&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Moskalev in Golikov & Scarlato, 1967)

- *[Lottia antillarum](/source/Lottia_antillarum)* G.B. Sowerby I, 1834

- *[Lottia argrantesta](/source/Lottia_argrantesta)* Simison & Lindberg, 2003

- *[Lottia asmi](/source/Lottia_asmi)* (Middendorff, 1847) -- black limpet

- *[Lottia atrata](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lottia_atrata&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Carpenter, 1857)

- *[Lottia austrodigitalis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lottia_austrodigitalis&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Murphy, 1978) This species is [cryptic species](/source/Cryptic_species) and a [sibling species](/source/Sibling_species) with *[Lottia digitalis](/source/Lottia_digitalis)*. Existence of *Lottia austrodigitalis* as separate species was genetically confirmed in 2007.[4]

- *[Lottia borealis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lottia_borealis&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Lindberg, 1982) -- boreal limpet

- *[Lottia cassis](/source/Lottia_cassis)* (Eschscholtz, 1833)

- *[Lottia cellanica](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lottia_cellanica&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Christiaens, 1980)

- *[Lottia conus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lottia_conus&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Test, 1945)

- *[Lottia cubensis](/source/Lottia_cubensis)* (Reeve, 1855)

- *[Lottia dalliana](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lottia_dalliana&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Pilsbry, 1891)

- *[Lottia digitalis](/source/Lottia_digitalis)* (Rathke, 1833) - ribbed limpet

- *[Lottia discors](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lottia_discors&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Philippi, 1849)

- *[Lottia dorsuosa](/source/Lottia_dorsuosa)* (Gould, 1859)

- *[Lottia edmitchelli](/source/Lottia_edmitchelli)* (Lipps, 1963)

- *[Lottia emydia](/source/Lottia_emydia)* (Dall, 1914)

- *[Lottia fascicularis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lottia_fascicularis&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Menke, 1851)

- *[Lottia fenestrata](/source/Lottia_fenestrata)* (Reeve, 1855)

- *[Lottia filosa](/source/Lottia_filosa)* (Carpenter, 1865)

- *[Lottia formosa](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lottia_formosa&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Christiaens, 1980)

- *[Lottia gigantea](/source/Lottia_gigantea)* G.B. Sowerby I, 1834 - owl limpet

- *[Lottia goshimai](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lottia_goshimai&action=edit&redlink=1)* Nakayama, Sasaki & Nakano, 2017

- *[Lottia iani](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lottia_iani&action=edit&redlink=1)* Scuderi, Nakano & Eernisse, 2021

- *[Lottia immaculata](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lottia_immaculata&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Lindberg & McLean, 1981)

- *[Lottia instabilis](/source/Lottia_instabilis)* (Gould, 1846) -- unstable limpet

- *[Lottia jamaicensis](/source/Lottia_jamaicensis)* (Gmelin, 1791) - Jamaica limpet

- *[Lottia kogamogai](/source/Lottia_kogamogai)* Sasaki & Okutani, 1994

- *[Lottia langfordi](/source/Lottia_langfordi)* (Habe, 1944)

- *[Lottia leucopleura](/source/Lottia_leucopleura)* (Gmelin, 1791) - black-rib limpet

- *[Lottia limatula](/source/Lottia_limatula)* (Carpenter, 1864) - file limpet

- *[Lottia lindbergi](/source/Lottia_lindbergi)* Sasaki & Okutani, 1994

- *[Lottia luchuana](/source/Lottia_luchuana)* (Pilsbry, 1901)

- *[Lottia marcusi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lottia_marcusi&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Righi, 1966)

- *[Lottia mesoleuca](/source/Lottia_mesoleuca)* (Menke, 1851)

- *[Lottia mimica](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lottia_mimica&action=edit&redlink=1)* Lindberg & McLean, 1981

- *[Lottia mitella](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lottia_mitella&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Menke, 1847)

- *[Lottia mixta](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lottia_mixta&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Reeve, 1855)

- *[Lottia mortoni](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lottia_mortoni&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Christiaens, 1980)

- *[Lottia noronhensis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lottia_noronhensis&action=edit&redlink=1)* (E. A. Smith, 1890)

- *[Lottia onychitis](/source/Lottia_onychitis)* (Menke, 1843)

- *[Lottia orbignyi](/source/Lottia_orbignyi)* (Dall, 1909)

- *[Lottia painei](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lottia_painei&action=edit&redlink=1)* Lindberg, 1987

- *[Lottia paradigitalis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lottia_paradigitalis&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Fritchman, 1960)

- *[Lottia pediculus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lottia_pediculus&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Philippi, 1846)

- *[Lottia peitaihoensis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lottia_peitaihoensis&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Grabau & S. G. King, 1928)

- *[Lottia pelta](/source/Lottia_pelta)* (Rathke, 1833) - shield limpet

- *[Lottia persona](/source/Lottia_persona)* (Rathke, 1833)

- *[Lottia rothi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lottia_rothi&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Lindberg & McLean, 1981)

- *[Lottia scabra](/source/Lottia_scabra)* (Gould, 1846) - rough limpet

- *[Lottia scutum](/source/Lottia_scutum)* (Rathke, 1833)

- *[Lottia septiformis](/source/Lottia_septiformis)* (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)

- *[Lottia smithi](/source/Lottia_smithi)* Lindberg & McLean, 1981

- *[Lottia stanfordiana](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lottia_stanfordiana&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Berry, 1957)

- *[Lottia strigatella](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lottia_strigatella&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Carpenter, 1864)

- *[Lottia strongiana](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lottia_strongiana&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Hertlein, 1958)

- *[Lottia subrotundata](/source/Lottia_subrotundata)* (Carpenter, 1865)

- *[Lottia subrugosa](/source/Lottia_subrugosa)* (d'Orbigny, 1846)

- *[Lottia tenuisculptata](/source/Lottia_tenuisculptata)* Sasaki & Okutani, 1994

- *[Lottia tranquebarica](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lottia_tranquebarica&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Gmelin, 1791)

- *[Lottia triangularis](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lottia_triangularis&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Carpenter, 1864) -- triangular limpet

- *[Lottia turveri](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lottia_turveri&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Hertlein & Strong, 1951)

- *[Lottia versicolor](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lottia_versicolor&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Moskalev in Golikov & Scarlato, 1967)

**Species brought into synonymy**

- *Lottia cymbiola* (Gould, 1846): synonym of *[Scurria variabilis](/source/Scurria_variabilis)* (G.B. Sowerby I, 1839)

- *Lottia depicta* (Hinds, 1842): synonym of *[Tectura depicta](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tectura_depicta&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Hinds, 1842)

- *Lottia insessa* (Hinds, 1842): synonym for *[Discurria insessa](/source/Discurria_insessa)* (Hinds, 1842)

- *Lottia ochracea* (Dall, 1871): synonym of *[Lottia instabilis](/source/Lottia_instabilis)* (Gould, 1846)

- *Lottia paleacea* (Gould, 1853): synonym of *[Tectura paleacea](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tectura_paleacea&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Gould, 1853)

- *Lottia rosacea* (Carpenter, 1864): synonym of *[Tectura rosacea](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tectura_rosacea&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Carpenter, 1864)

- *Lottia testudinalis* (Müller, 1776): synonym of *[Testudinalia testudinalis](/source/Testudinalia_testudinalis)* (O. F. Müller, 1776)

- *Lottia variabilis* (Sowerby, 1839): synonym of *[Scurria variabilis](/source/Scurria_variabilis)* (G.B. Sowerby I, 1839)

*Lottia mixta*

*Lottia strigatella*

The following species are also: synonym of species in current use by the Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database[5]

- *[Lottia areneosa](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lottia_areneosa&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Gould, 1846)

- *[Lottia heroldi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lottia_heroldi&action=edit&redlink=1)* (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[6]

- *[Lottia ochracea](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lottia_ochracea&action=edit&redlink=1)* (Dall, 1871) -- yellow limpet : synonym of *[Lottia instabilis](/source/Lottia_instabilis)* (Gould, 1846)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Gray (1833). *Phil. Trans. roy. Soc.*, 774, 800.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** MolluscaBase (2021). [*Lottia* Gray, 1833.](http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160336) Accessed 20 August 2021

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["*Lottia albicosta*"](http://www.gastropods.com/5/Shell_45755.shtml). *Gastropods.com*. Retrieved 12 January 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Crummett L. T. & Eernisse D. J. (2007). "Genetic evidence for the cryptic species pair, *Lottia digitalis* and *Lottia austrodigitalis* and microhabitat partitioning in sympatry". *Marine Biology* **152**(1): 1–13. [abstract](http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=18886798)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [OBIS : Lottia](http://clade.ansp.org/obis/search.php/14912)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [ITIS : Lottia](https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=69731)

## Further reading

Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Lottia](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Lottia).

- Nakano & Ozawa (2007). *Worldwide phylogeography of limpets of the order Patellogastropoda: Molecular, morphological and palaeontological evidence*. Journal of Molluscan Studies 73(1) 79-99

Taxon identifiers Lottia Wikidata: Q541333 Wikispecies: Lottia AFD: Lottia BOLD: 80071 CoL: 7P7VX EoL: 59115 GBIF: 7734098 iNaturalist: 48752 IRMNG: 1098167 ITIS: 69731 NCBI: 72691 Open Tree of Life: 439203 Paleobiology Database: 8415 Plazi: 8016A22D-5D4E-A200-80AB-8115FDA2F87E WoRMS: 160336

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