Lottia digitalis Fingered Limpet, Ribbed limpet,Finger limpet

Lottia digitalis is commonly referred to as Fingered Limpet, Ribbed limpet,Finger limpet. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Douglas Mason, USA

Lottia digitalis (Asilomar) 2010

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AphiaID:: 456588

Scientific:: Lottia digitalis
German:: Finger-Napfschnecke
English:: Fingered Limpet, Ribbed Limpet,Finger Limpet

Category:: Escargots de mer

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Not assigned (Order) > Lottiidae (Family) > Lottia (Genus) > digitalis (Species)
Initial determination:: (Rathke, ), 1833

Occurrence:: Gulf of California, USA
Sea depth:: Meter
Size:: 2,2 cm
Food:: Barnacles, Microalgae
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Lottia abrolhosensis
Lottia acutapex
Lottia albicosta
Lottia alveus
Lottia antillarum
Lottia argrantesta
Lottia asmi
Lottia austrodigitalis
Lottia borealis
Lottia cellanica
Lottia conus
Lottia cubensis
Lottia dalliana
Lottia digitalis
Finger-Napfschnecke
Lottia discors
Lottia dorsuosa
Lottia edmitchelli
Lottia emydia
Lottia fascicularis
Lottia fenestrata
Lottia formosa
Lottia gigantea
Eulen-Napfschnecke
Lottia immaculata
Lottia instabilis
Instabile-Napfschnecke
Lottia jamaicensis
Lottia kogamogai
Lottia langfordi
Lottia leucopleura
Lottia limatula
Napfschnecke
Lottia luchuana
Lottia marcusi
Lottia mesoleuca
Lottia mitella
Lottia mortoni
Lottia noronhensis
Lottia orbignyi
Napfschnecke
Lottia painei
Lottia paradigitalis
Lottia pediculus
Lottia peitaihoensis
Lottia pelta
Schild-Napfschnecke
Lottia persona
Maskierte-Napfschnecke
Lottia scabra
Raue-Napfschnecke
Lottia scutum
Teller-Napfschnecke
Lottia stanfordiana
Lottia strigatella
Lottia strongiana
Lottia subrugosa
Lottia tenuisculptata
Lottia tranquebarica
Lottia triangularis
Lottia turveri
Lottia versicolor

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2022-08-26 18:14:39
Last edit:: 2024-12-04 14:19:27

Info

Lottia digitalis (Rathke, 1833)

Nearly oval, up to 3 cm long. Color dull brown or greenish with white blotches.

Feeds on microscopic algae coating the rocks, and on newly settled barnacles.

Synonymised names:
Acmaea (Collisella) digitalis (Rathke, 1833) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
Acmaea ancylus Rathke, 1833 · unaccepted (a junior synonym)
Acmaea digitalis Rathke, 1833 · unaccepted (original combination)
Acmaea persona var. digitalis Rathke, 1833 · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
Collisella digitalis (Rathke, 1833) · unaccepted
Tectura digitalis (Rathke, 1833) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)

External links

Invertebrates of the Salish Sea (en). Abgerufen am 26.08.2022.
WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 26.08.2022.

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