Lottia edmitchelli
| Lottia edmitchelli | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Patellogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Lottioidea |
| Family: | Lottiidae |
| Genus: | Lottia |
| Species: | L. edmitchelli |
| Binomial name | |
| Lottia edmitchelli (Lipps, 1963) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Collisella edmitchelli (Lipps, 1963) | |
† Lottia edmitchelli was a late Pleistocene species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Lottiidae and the clade Patellogastropoda.
This species was endemic to the United States, but it is now thought to be extinct, although there is some evidence that it is still living.
References
- ↑ Bouchet P. (1996). Collisella edmitchelli. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 August 2007.
- Turgeon, D.D., et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26 page(s): 56
Further reading
- Lindberg D. R. (1984). "A Recent specimen of Collisella edmitchelli from San Pedro, California (Mollusca: Acmaeidae)". Southern California Academy of Sciences, Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 83(3): 148-151.
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