Taxon profile
species
Lottia instabilis (A.A. Gould, 1846)
kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Mollusca - mollusks » class Gastropoda - gastropods » family Lottiidae - True Limpets » genus Lottia
ID: 1171868
pID: 400094
Taxonomic rank: 150
Author of the record: Delsing Jan
Created: 2015-12-24 02:00:56 - User Delsing Jan
Last change: 2022-09-10 11:51:23 - User Václav Hanzlík
Data last updated: 2022-09-10 11:51:27
URL: https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id1171868/
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[[t:1171868;<em>Lottia instabilis</em>]] (A.A. Gould, 1846)
Reference: <a href="https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id1171868/"><em>Lottia instabilis</em></a>
pID: 400094
Taxonomic rank: 150
Author of the record: Delsing Jan
Created: 2015-12-24 02:00:56 - User Delsing Jan
Last change: 2022-09-10 11:51:23 - User Václav Hanzlík
Data last updated: 2022-09-10 11:51:27
URL: https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id1171868/
Text function: [[t:1171868;<em>Lottia instabilis</em>]]
[[t:1171868;<em>Lottia instabilis</em>]] (A.A. Gould, 1846)
Reference: <a href="https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id1171868/"><em>Lottia instabilis</em></a>
Data source: World Wide Mollusc Species Data Base
Images
Author: Manual of Conchology
Author: Lindberg, D.R.
Author: Kantor & Sysoev
Taxon in country check-lists*
Europe: Russia, North America: Canada, United States of America (Alaska, California, Oregon, Washington), Asia: Japan
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Description
Author: Jan Delsing
Text ID: 88610
Text Type: 1
Page: 0
Created: 2018-07-22 14:15:01 - User Delsing Jan
Language: EN
Text function: [[t:1171868,textblock=88610,elang=EN;Description]]
Text ID: 88610
Text Type: 1
Page: 0
Created: 2018-07-22 14:15:01 - User Delsing Jan
Language: EN
Text function: [[t:1171868,textblock=88610,elang=EN;Description]]
Shell narrow and oblong, the basal margin elevated at the ends; texture thin; slopes convex or bulging. Surface finely radiately striated; dark brown or black. Inside white or bluish, with or without a faint brown spot in the cavity. Large specimens measure 1,5 inches (38 mm.) in length by 7/8 inch. (23 mm.) breadth ; but the usual length is about one inch.
Tryon, G.W. & Pilsbry, H.A.,1891; Manual of Conchology; Vol. XIII ; Acmaeidae, Lepetidae, Patellidae, Titiscaniidae.
Author: Jan Delsing
Text ID: 94930
Text Type: 1
Page: 0
Created: 2019-07-16 11:42:09 - User Delsing Jan
Language: EN
Text function: [[t:1171868,textblock=94930,elang=EN;title]]
Text ID: 94930
Text Type: 1
Page: 0
Created: 2019-07-16 11:42:09 - User Delsing Jan
Language: EN
Text function: [[t:1171868,textblock=94930,elang=EN;title]]
Shell large (20+ mm), laterally compressed, elevated at anterior and posterior margins; brown with sculpture of shallow grooves. Lateral teeth short with straight cutting edges, second lateral teeth aligned straight across ribbon segment. Animal lacks pigmentation. Low intertidal, on Laminaria dentigera and Pterygophera californica.
Lindberg, D.R. 1981. Acmaeidae.
Distribution
Author: Jan Delsing
Text ID: 88611
Text Type: 3
Page: 0
Created: 2018-07-22 14:15:47 - User Delsing Jan
Last change: 2019-07-16 11:42:54 - User Delsing Jan
Language: EN
Text function: [[t:1171868,textblock=88611,elang=EN;Distribution]]
Text ID: 88611
Text Type: 3
Page: 0
Created: 2018-07-22 14:15:47 - User Delsing Jan
Last change: 2019-07-16 11:42:54 - User Delsing Jan
Language: EN
Text function: [[t:1171868,textblock=88611,elang=EN;Distribution]]
Amchitka, Aleutian Islands, Alaska (51°45'N, 179°E) to San Diego, California (32°43'N).
Lindberg, D.R. 1981. Acmaeidae.
Author: Jan Delsing
Links and literature
Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Lottia instabilis (Gould, 1846)]Data retrieved on: 22 November 2013