Lottia scabra Rough Limpet

Lottia scabrais commonly referred to as Rough Limpet. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Rough limpets, Lottia scabra.2019

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Scientific:: Lottia scabra
German:: Raue-Napfschnecke
English:: Rough Limpet

Category:: Snails

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Not assigned (Order) > Lottiidae (Family) > Lottia (Genus) > scabra (Species)
Initial determination:: (Gould, ), 1846

Occurrence:: Eastern Pacific Ocean, Gulf of California, Mexico (East Pacific), USA
Sea depth:: Meter
Size:: 0.39" - 1.57" (1,9cm - 4,0cm)
Food:: Algae, algae grazer, epiphytes feeder, Diatoms
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Lottia abrolhosensis
Lottia acutapex
Lottia albicosta
Lottia alveus
Lottia antillarum
Lottia argrantesta
Lottia asmi
Lottia austrodigitalis
Lottia borealis
Lottia cellanica
Lottia conus
Lottia cubensis
Lottia dalliana
Lottia digitalis
Finger-Napfschnecke
Lottia discors
Lottia dorsuosa
Lottia edmitchelli
Lottia emydia
Lottia fascicularis
Lottia fenestrata
Lottia formosa
Lottia gigantea
Eulen-Napfschnecke
Lottia immaculata
Lottia instabilis
Instabile-Napfschnecke
Lottia jamaicensis
Lottia kogamogai
Lottia langfordi
Lottia leucopleura
Lottia limatula
Napfschnecke
Lottia luchuana
Lottia marcusi
Lottia mesoleuca
Lottia mitella
Lottia mortoni
Lottia noronhensis
Lottia orbignyi
Napfschnecke
Lottia painei
Lottia paradigitalis
Lottia pediculus
Lottia peitaihoensis
Lottia pelta
Schild-Napfschnecke
Lottia persona
Maskierte-Napfschnecke
Lottia scabra
Raue-Napfschnecke
Lottia scutum
Teller-Napfschnecke
Lottia stanfordiana
Lottia strigatella
Lottia strongiana
Lottia subrugosa
Lottia tenuisculptata
Lottia tranquebarica
Lottia triangularis
Lottia turveri
Lottia versicolor

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2021-05-31 19:38:16
Last edit:: 2021-05-31 19:51:53

Info

Lottia scabra (Gould, 1846)

The Rough Limpet Lottia scabra has conspicuous rugged radial ribs with darker-coloured interspaces and a boldly scalloped margin.The very strong ribs at the outside and the curiously marked interior, like the print of a hand, are prominent characteristics of this species.

Similar to Lottia digitalis.

Synonymised names:
Collisella scabra (Gould, 1846)
Macclintockia scabra (Gould, 1846)
Patella (Lottia) scabra Gould, 1846 (basionym)

Scientific paper

Population structure, northern range limit, and recruitment variation in the intertidal limpetLottia scabra, Shanks, Alan L.; Walser, Annie; Shanks, Lori , 2014

External links

gastropods (en). Abgerufen am 31.05.2021.
Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 31.05.2021.
WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 31.05.2021.

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