Biology:Lottia filosa

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Lottia filosa
Lottia filosa.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Patellogastropoda
Family: Lottiidae
Genus: Lottia
Species:
L. filosa
Binomial name
Lottia filosa
(Carpenter, 1865)

Lottia filosa 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] The Habitat of this creature tends towards Marine Benthic and is in the trophic guild grazers.[2]

Description

The shell can grow to be 20 mm in length.[3] The body symmetry of the shell is bilaterally symmetric and moves by Mucus Mediated Gliding.[2]

Distribution

It can be found off of Mexico to Colombia and off of the Galapagos Islands.[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q6684991 entry