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Lottia persona Mask Limpet, Masked limpet, Speckled limpet, Large variegated limpet, Inflated limpet

Lottia persona is commonly referred to as Mask Limpet, Masked limpet, Speckled limpet, Large variegated limpet, Inflated 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.

Profilbild Urheber Roger Steeb, USA

Mask Limpet (Tectura persona),Owl Island, Broughton Archipelago Marine Reserve, British Columbia. 2013


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lexID:
13667 
AphiaID:
456603 
Scientific:
Lottia persona 
German:
Maskierte-Napfschnecke 
English:
Mask Limpet, Masked Limpet, Speckled Limpet, Large Variegated Limpet, Inflated Limpet 
Category:
Ślimaki 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Not assigned (Order) > Lottiidae (Family) > Lottia (Genus) > persona (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Rathke, ), 1833 
Occurrence:
Alaska (Western Atlantic), Gulf of California, Mexico (East Pacific), USA 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
Meter 
Size:
up to 1.97" (5 cm) 
Food:
algae grazer, epiphytes feeder 
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:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2022-09-21 19:45:32 

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Lottia persona (Rathke, 1833)

Lottia 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.

Synonymised names:
Acmaea persona Rathke, 1833 (original combination)
Acmaea radiata Rathke, 1833
Patella textilis Gould, 1846
Tectura persona (Rathke, 1833)

External links

  1. inverts.wallawalla.edu (en). Abgerufen am 24.02.2021.
  2. WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 24.02.2021.

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Mask Limpet (Tectura persona),Owl Island, Broughton Archipelago Marine Reserve, British Columbia. 2013
Lottia persona grazing on top of this rock early in the morning. See next image of this rock taken three hours later.2019

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