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Lottia gigantea G. B. Sowerby I, 1834

AphiaID

456593 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:456593)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Typetaxon of

Lecania P. P. Carpenter, 1866
Lottia J. E. Gray, 1833

Parent

Lottia J. E. Gray, 1833

Original name

Lottia gigantea G. B. Sowerby I, 1834

Synonymised names

Lottia gigantea var. albomaculata Dall, 1910 · unaccepted (variety)

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Variety Lottia gigantea var. albomaculata Dall, 1910 accepted as Lottia gigantea G. B. Sowerby I, 1834 (variety)

Environment

marine

Original description

Sowerby I, G. B. (1821-1834). The genera of recent and fossil shells, for the use of students, in conchology and geology. Published in 42 parts. Vol. 1, pls 1-126 [1821-1825]; vol. 2, pls 127-262 + text (unpaginated) [1825-1834]. London: G. B. Sowerby. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45486673
page(s): 42, [141], fig. 1 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Lottia gigantea G. B. Sowerby I, 1834. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456593 on 2024-11-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-02-11 15:13:21Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2010-10-02 22:08:23Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

2012-04-23 18:16:18Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2020-05-12 06:05:54Z

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Köhler, Frank

Licensing

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original description Sowerby I, G. B. (1821-1834). The genera of recent and fossil shells, for the use of students, in conchology and geology. Published in 42 parts. Vol. 1, pls 1-126 [1821-1825]; vol. 2, pls 127-262 + text (unpaginated) [1825-1834]. London: G. B. Sowerby. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45486673
page(s): 42, [141], fig. 1 [details]

original description (of Lottia gigantea var. albomaculata Dall, 1910) Dall, W. H. (1910). Notes on California shells. The Nautilus. 24(8): 95-96., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1760902
page(s): 96 [details]

basis of record Nakano T. & Ozawa T. (2007). Worldwide phylogeography of limpets of the order Patellogastropoda: molecular, morphological and paleontological evidence. Journal of Molluscan Studies 73(1): 79–99. [details] Available for editors

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additional source Rosenberg, G. 1992. Encyclopedia of Seashells. Dorset: New York. 224 pp.
page(s): 28 [details]

additional source Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa. 2189: 1–218., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1 [details]

additional source Abbott, D. P. (1956). Water circulation in the mantle cavity of the owl limpet Lottia gigantea Gray. The Nautilus. 69(3): 79-87, text-figs. A-D., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8525244 [details]

additional source Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (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, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 56 [details]