Lottia leucopleura

Lottia leucopleura 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 leucopleura
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Patellogastropoda
Superfamily:
Lottioidea
Family:
Lottiidae
Genus:
Lottia
Species:
L. leucopleura
Binomial name
Lottia leucopleura
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms
  • Acmaea leucopleura (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Patella leucopleura Gmelin, 1791 (original combination)

Description

Distribution

This species lives in the Caribbean Sea and in the Gulf of Mexico.

References
  1. Lottia leucopleura (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 April 2010.
  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas


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