WoRMS taxon details
Lottia scutum (Rathke, 1833)
456605 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:456605)
accepted
Species
Acmaea (Collisella) patina Rathke, 1833 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Acmaea patina Rathke, 1833 · unaccepted (original combination)
Acmaea scutum Rathke, 1833 · unaccepted (original combination)
Acmaea scutum patina Rathke, 1833 · unaccepted (unaccepted rank)
Acmaea scutum pintadina (A. A. Gould, 1846) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Acmaea testudinalis scutum Rathke, 1833 · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
Collisella patina (Rathke, 1833) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lottia (Tectura) pintadina A. A. Gould, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Lottia pintadina A. A. Gould, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Notoacmea scutum (Rathke, 1833) · unaccepted
Patella (Acmaea) patina (Rathke, 1833) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (unaccepted combination)
Tectura patina (Rathke, 1833) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
Tectura scutum (Rathke, 1833) · unaccepted
Testudinalia scutum (Rathke, 1833) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Acmaea scutum Rathke, 1833) Eschscholtz F. (1833). Zoologischer Atlas enthaltend Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer Thierarten während des Flottcapitains von Kotzebue zweiter Reise um die Welt auf der Russisch-Kaiserlichen Kriegesschlupp Predpriaetië in den Jahren 182 beobachtet von Friedr. Eschscholtz. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26485912
page(s): 19, pl. 23, fig. 1-3 [details]
page(s): 19, pl. 23, fig. 1-3 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Lottia scutum (Rathke, 1833). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456605 on 2026-03-22
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Acmaea scutum Rathke, 1833) Eschscholtz F. (1833). Zoologischer Atlas enthaltend Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer Thierarten während des Flottcapitains von Kotzebue zweiter Reise um die Welt auf der Russisch-Kaiserlichen Kriegesschlupp Predpriaetië in den Jahren 182 beobachtet von Friedr. Eschscholtz. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26485912
page(s): 19, pl. 23, fig. 1-3 [details]
original description (of Acmaea patina Rathke, 1833) Eschscholtz F. (1833). Zoologischer Atlas enthaltend Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer Thierarten während des Flottcapitains von Kotzebue zweiter Reise um die Welt auf der Russisch-Kaiserlichen Kriegesschlupp Predpriaetië in den Jahren 182 beobachtet von Friedr. Eschscholtz. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26485912
page(s): 19-22, pl. XXIV, fig. 7, 8 [details]
original description (of Lottia pintadina A. A. Gould, 1846) Gould, A. A. (1846). Descriptions of new shells, collected by the United States Exploring Expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 141-145, 148-152 [July]; 153-156, 159-162, 165-167 [August]; 170-173, 175-176 [September]; 177-179, 180-184, 185-187, 190-192 [November]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9490825
page(s): 151. [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., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eym001 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 19, pl. 23, fig. 1-3 [details]
original description (of Acmaea patina Rathke, 1833) Eschscholtz F. (1833). Zoologischer Atlas enthaltend Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer Thierarten während des Flottcapitains von Kotzebue zweiter Reise um die Welt auf der Russisch-Kaiserlichen Kriegesschlupp Predpriaetië in den Jahren 182 beobachtet von Friedr. Eschscholtz. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26485912
page(s): 19-22, pl. XXIV, fig. 7, 8 [details]
original description (of Lottia pintadina A. A. Gould, 1846) Gould, A. A. (1846). Descriptions of new shells, collected by the United States Exploring Expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 141-145, 148-152 [July]; 153-156, 159-162, 165-167 [August]; 170-173, 175-176 [September]; 177-179, 180-184, 185-187, 190-192 [November]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9490825
page(s): 151. [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., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eym001 [details] Available for editors
Taxonomy
status source
Philippi, R. A. (1846). Kritische Bemerkungen über die von Eschscholtz aufgestellten Arten von <i>Acmaea</i>. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 3 (1846): 106-108., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16291900
note: acting as first revisor giving precedence to scutum over patina (treated as variety of scutum [details]
note: acting as first revisor giving precedence to scutum over patina (treated as variety of scutum [details]
Other
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (56 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Notoacmea scutum (Rathke, 1833))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Acmaea testudinalis scutum Rathke, 1833)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (41 publications) (from synonym Acmaea scutum Rathke, 1833)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Collisella patina (Rathke, 1833))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Tectura scutum (Rathke, 1833))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lottia scutum)
To GenBank (90 nucleotides; 43 proteins) (from synonym Tectura scutum (Rathke, 1833))
To GenBank (90 nucleotides; 43 proteins)
To GenBank (90 nucleotides; 43 proteins) (from synonym Acmaea scutum Rathke, 1833)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Lottia scutum (Rathke, 1833) United States, Washington, Strait of Juan de Fuca, Nea...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Tectura scutum (Rathke, 1833))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Notoacmea scutum (Rathke, 1833))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Acmaea testudinalis scutum Rathke, 1833)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (41 publications) (from synonym Acmaea scutum Rathke, 1833)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Collisella patina (Rathke, 1833))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Tectura scutum (Rathke, 1833))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lottia scutum)
To GenBank (90 nucleotides; 43 proteins) (from synonym Tectura scutum (Rathke, 1833))
To GenBank (90 nucleotides; 43 proteins)
To GenBank (90 nucleotides; 43 proteins) (from synonym Acmaea scutum Rathke, 1833)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Lottia scutum (Rathke, 1833) United States, Washington, Strait of Juan de Fuca, Nea...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Tectura scutum (Rathke, 1833))