Lottia pelta

Lottia pelta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Patellogastropoda
Family: Lottiidae
Genus: Lottia
Species:
L. pelta
Binomial name
Lottia pelta
(Rathke, 1833)
Synonyms
  • Acmaea (Collisella) pelta (Rathke, 1833) (unaccepted combination)
  • Acmaea cassis pelta Rathke, 1833 (unaccepted rank)
  • Acmaea pelta Rathke, 1833 (original combination)
  • Collisella (Collisella) pelta (Rathke, 1833)
  • Collisella pelta Eschscholtz, 1833
  • Patella (Acmaea) pelta (Rathke, 1833) (unaccepted combination)
  • Patelloida cassis pelta (Rathke, 1833) (unaccepted combination)

Lottia pelta, common name the shield limpet, is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Lottiidae.

It is still designated under its synonym Collisella pelta (Eschscholtz, 1833) in many textbooks.

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