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Lottia
Description | Lottia is a genus of sea snails, specifically true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Lottiidae, one of the families of true limpets. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lottia, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lottiidae : Lottia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Patellogastropoda : Lottiidae : Lottia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Lottia Gray, 1833 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc., 774 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 4 (57%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 3.60 - 2.59 Ma Cenozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | facultatively mobile, attached (based on Lottiidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | grazer (based on Lottiidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lottia |
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Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Collisella (Conoidacmea) ✝ subgenus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Acmaea acra species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Acmaea actina species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Collisella bifurcata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Collisella chilena species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Collisella choncina species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Collisella margarita species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lottia abrolhosensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lottia acra ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 3.60 Ma Pliocene | 3.60 Ma Pliocene | |
Lottia actina ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 3.60 Ma Pliocene | 3.60 Ma Pliocene | |
Lottia acutapex species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lottia albicosta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lottia alveus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lottia angusta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lottia antillarum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lottia argrantesta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lottia asmi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lottia atrata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lottia austrodigitalis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lottia cassis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lottia cellanica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lottia conus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lottia cubensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lottia dalliana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lottia digitalis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lottia discors species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lottia dorsuosa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lottia edmitchelli species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lottia emydia species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lottia fascicularis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lottia fenestrata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lottia filosa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lottia formosa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lottia gigantea species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 14 | 2.59 Ma Pleistocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Lottia goshimai species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lottia immaculata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lottia instabilis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lottia jamaicensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lottia javanica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lottia kogamogai species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lottia langfordi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lottia leucopleura species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lottia limatula species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lottia lindbergi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lottia luchuana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lottia marcusi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lottia mesoleuca species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lottia mimica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lottia mitella species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lottia mixta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lottia mortoni species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lottia noronhensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lottia oncychina species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lottia onychina species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lottia onychitis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lottia orbignyi species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 0.13 Ma Pleistocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Lottia painei species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lottia paradigitalis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lottia pediculus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lottia peitaihoensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lottia pelta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lottia persona species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lottia pintadina species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lottia rothi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lottia scabra species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lottia scutum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lottia septiformis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lottia smithi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lottia stanfordiana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lottia strigatella species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lottia strongiana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lottia subrotundata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lottia subrugosa species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 0.13 Ma Pleistocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Lottia tenuisculpta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lottia tenuisculptata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lottia tranquebarica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lottia triangularis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lottia turveri species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Lottia versicolor species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Obsolete Names
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1833 | Lottia Gray |
1860 | Tecturella Carpenter |
1861 | Tecturina Carpenter p. 219 |
1866 | Lecania Carpenter p. 343 |
1871 | Collisella Dall |
1925 | Acmaea (Collisella) Oldroyd p. 19 |
1974 | Lottia Abbott pp. 28, 29 |
Year | Name and Author |
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1975 | Collisellacmaea Christiaens |
1993 | Collisella Wilson p. 31 |
2001 | Collisella Todd |
2002 | Collisella Sepkoski, Jr. |
2002 | Lottia Sepkoski, Jr. |
2005 | Lottia Bouchet et al. p. 102 |
2016 | Lottia Landau et al. p. 9 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!