Lottia persona

Lottia persona
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Patellogastropoda
Superfamily:	Lottioidea
Family:	Lottiidae
Genus:	Lottia
Species:	L. persona
Binomial name
	Lottia persona; (Rathke, 1833)

Lottia persona is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Lottiidae, one of the families of true limpets.[1]

Description

L. persona is a large, moderately tall limpet growing to up to fifty millimetres long. The apex is not central, being about one third of the way along the shell which is dark olive-green with fine white markings and has fine radial ribs, though these have often been smoothed down by erosion. The anterior slope is straight or slightly concave.[2]

Distribution

L. persona is found on the North American Pacific coast from Alaska to central California. It is a cryptic species, common to the high and mid-intertidal zones in sheltered rocky coasts. It is mostly found in crevices and caves and under overhangs. It is nocturnal, grazing on micro-algae when the rocks are wet.[2]

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References

Lottia persona (Rathke, 1833). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 April 2010.
Watanabe, James M. "Intertidal Limpets". seanet.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2016-08-02.

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[WoRMS-1] Lottia persona (Rathke, 1833). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 April 2010.

[RSL-2] Watanabe, James M. "Intertidal Limpets". seanet.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2016-08-02.