Lottia antillarum
| Lottia antillarum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Patellogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Lottioidea |
| Family: | Lottiidae |
| Genus: | Lottia |
| Species: | L. antillarum |
| Binomial name | |
| Lottia antillarum G.B. Sowerby I, 1834 | |
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Lottia antillarum is a species of limpet in the family Lottiidae.[1] It is known commonly as the Antilles limpet.[2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, in the Caribbean Sea. and off the Lesser Antilles [1]
Description
The size of the shell varies between 10 mm and 28 mm.
References
- 1 2 3 Lottia antillarum G.B. Sowerby I, 1834. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 April 2010.
- ↑ Lottia antillarum. Hardy's Internet Guide to Marine Gastropods.
- 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.
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