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Lottia scutum Plate Limpet

Lottia scutum is commonly referred to as Plate 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.

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Lottia scutum (Pigeon Point) 2014


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lexID:
15130 
AphiaID:
456605 
Scientific:
Lottia scutum 
German:
Teller-Napfschnecke 
English:
Plate Limpet 
Category:
Ślimaki 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Not assigned (Order) > Lottiidae (Family) > Lottia (Genus) > scutum (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Rathke, ), 1833 
Occurrence:
Alaska (Western Atlantic), Gulf of California, 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 (Algivore), 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:
2022-08-29 19:42:14 

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Lottia scutum (Rathke, 1833)

Lottia scutum is a shell in the family Lottiidae, one of the families of true limpets.

Lottia scutum is a plate limpet. The colour varies from grey to tan with whitish spots and rays, and the head has golden brown cephalic tentacles which distinguishes it from other species.

Synonymised names:
Acmaea scutum Rathke, 1833 · unaccepted (original combination)
Acmaea testudinalis scutum Rathke, 1833 · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
Notoacmea scutum (Rathke, 1833) · unaccepted
Tectura scutum (Rathke, 1833) · unaccepted
Testudinalia scutum (Rathke, 1833) · unaccepted

External links

  1. Invertebrates of the Salish Sea (en). Abgerufen am 21.09.2022.
  2. WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 29.08.2022.

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Lottia scutum (Pigeon Point) 2014
Lottia scutum, Plate Limpet, on Lithothamnion, Encrusting Coralline Algae, California 2010

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