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Lottia scabra
Lottia scabra
Rough Limpet
Photographer: Lovell and Libby Langstroth
Organization: California Academy of Sciences
Collection: CalAcademy

ID: 0000 0000 0705 0109 (2005-07-03)

Copyright © 2005 California Academy of Sciences

 
INFORMATION PROVIDED WITH THE PHOTO
  • date of photo  between 1980 and 1984
  • latitude 36.54630   longitude -121.93121   max error distance 2866 meters     View on Google Maps.
  • horizontal datum World Geodetic System 1984
  • georeferencing source GeoLocate
  • location   Carmel Bay (Monterey County, California, US)
  • family Acmaeidae
  • order Archaeogastropoda
  • class Gastropoda
  • habitat  High intertidal rocks
  • notes   At low tide these well camouflaged limpets fit tightly into their home site. At high tide they disperse to graze on microscopic algae.
  • camera   Nikon
  • photo category: Animal - Invertebrate-Other

  • MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ANIMAL
  • common names   Rough Limpet
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  • Reviewers' comments about this photo (review or add another comment)
    1. Reviewed by Simon J. Tonge    Apr 29, 2013

    Action: changed name from "Macclintokia scabra (=collisella scabra)" to "Lottia scabra "

    Reviewer's comments:
         "Updating generic name"

     
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