Lottia persona

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]

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)

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
  1. Lottia persona (Rathke, 1833). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 April 2010.
  2. Watanabe, James M. "Intertidal Limpets". seanet.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2016-08-02.


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