Lottia persona
| Lottia persona | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Patellogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Lottioidea |
| Family: | Lottiidae |
| Genus: | Lottia |
| Species: | L. persona |
| Binomial name | |
| Lottia persona (Rathke, 1833) | |
Lottia persona is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Lottiidae, one of the families of true limpets.[1]
Description
L. persona is a large, moderately tall limpet growing to up to fifty millimetres long. The apex is not central, being about one third of the way along the shell which is dark olive-green with fine white markings and has fine radial ribs, though these have often been smoothed down by erosion. The anterior slope is straight or slightly concave.[2]
Distribution
L. persona is found on the North American Pacific coast from Alaska to central California. It is a cryptic species, common to the high and mid-intertidal zones in sheltered rocky coasts. It is mostly found in crevices and caves and under overhangs. It is nocturnal, grazing on micro-algae when the rocks are wet.[2]
References
- ↑ Lottia persona (Rathke, 1833). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 April 2010.
- 1 2 Eogastropoda: Rocky Shore Limpets