Lottia gigantea G.B.Sowerby I, 1834

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

SPECIES

Published in

Sowerby, & I, G. B. (1821). The genera of recent and fossil shells, for the use of students, in conchology and geology. Published in 42 numbers. Vol. 1, pls 1-126 [1821-1825]; vol. 2, pls 127-262 + text (unpaginated) [1825-1834]. London: Sowerby. Vol 1, London: G.B. Sowerby. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.86281

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Mollusca

class

Gastropoda

family

Lottiidae

genus

Lottia

species

Lottia gigantea

Name

Synonyms

Lottia gigantea var. albomaculata Dall, 1910

Homonyms

Lottia gigantea G.B.Sowerby I, 1834

Common names

Eulen-Napfschnecke in German

Eulen-Napfschnecke in German

Giant Owl Limpet in English

Lapa gigante in Spanish

kuželnatka velká in Czech

owl limpet in English

owl limpet in English

owl limpet in English

patelle géante in French

Лоттия гигантская in Russian

ナスビカサガイ in Japanese

Eulen-Napfschnecke in German

owl limpet in English

Bibliographic References

1. Abbott, D. P. (1956). Water circulation in the mantle cavity of the owl limpet <i>Lottia gigantea</i> Gray. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 69(3): 79-87, text-figs. A-D.
2. Nakano T. & Ozawa T. (2007). Worldwide phylogeography of limpets of the order Patellogastropoda: molecular, morphological and paleontological evidence. <i>Journal of Molluscan Studies</i> 73(1): 79–99.
3. Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218.
4. Rosenberg, G. 1992. <i>Encyclopedia of Seashells</i>. Dorset: New York. 224 pp.
5. Sowerby I, G. B. (1821-1834). <i>The genera of recent and fossil shells, for the use of students, in conchology and geology</i>. Published in 42 parts. Vol. 1, pls 1-126 [1821-1825]; vol. 2, pls 127-262 + text (unpaginated) [1825-1834]. London: G. B. Sowerby.
6. Turgeon, D. D., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, W. K. Emerson, W. G. Lyons, W. Pratt, et al., 1988: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 16. vii + 277.
7. Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526.
8. Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. <i>American Fisheries Society Special Publication</i>, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp.