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Lottia gigantea G. B. Sowerby I, 1834

456593  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:456593)

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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. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45486673
page(s): 42, [141], fig. 1 [details]   
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Lottia gigantea G. B. Sowerby I, 1834. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456593 on 2024-04-20
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original description 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. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45486673
page(s): 42, [141], fig. 1 [details]   

original description  (of Lottia gigantea var. albomaculata Dall, 1910) Dall, W. H. (1910). Notes on California shells. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 24(8): 95-96., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1760902
page(s): 96 [details]   

basis of record 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. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Rosenberg, G. 1992. <i>Encyclopedia of Seashells</i>. Dorset: New York. 224 pp.
page(s): 28 [details]   

additional source Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2189: 1–218., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/f/z02189p218f.pdf [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source 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., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8525244 [details]   

additional source 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. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 56 [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

LanguageName 
English owl limpet  [details]
German Eulen-Napfschnecke  [details]