Species under Lottia
n= 44
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Lottia abrolhosensis
(Petuch, 1979)
Western Atlantic 2.6
Lottia albicosta
(Adams, 1845)
Western Atlantic 2.13
Lottia alveus
(Conrad, 1831)
Bowl limpet Northwest Atlantic and Northeast Pacific 1.3
Lottia antillarum
(Sowerby, 1831)
Southern limpet Western Central Atlantic 2.5
Lottia asmi
(Middendorff, 1847)
Black limpet Northeast Pacific 1
Lottia borealis
(Lindberg, 1982)
Boreal limpet East Pacific
Lottia cassis
(Eschscholtz, 1833)
Northwest Pacific
Lottia cellanica
(Christiaens, 1980)
Northwest Pacific
Lottia cubensis
(Reeve, 1855)
Western Atlantic 1.9
Lottia digitalis
(Rathke, 1833)
Ribbed limpet Pacific Ocean 3.5
Lottia dorsuosa
(Gould, 1859)
Bumpy limpet Northwest Pacific
Lottia emydia
(Dall, 1914)
Northwest Pacific
Lottia fenestrata
(Reeve, 1855)
Northeast Pacific
Lottia filosa
(Carpenter, 1865)
Eastern Central Pacific
Lottia gigantea
Sowerby, 1834
Owl limpet Eastern Central Pacific
Lottia guadelupa
(Christiaens, 1976)
Western Atlantic
Lottia instabilis
(Gould, 1846)
Unstable limpet Northeast Pacific 3.5
Lottia jamaicensis
(Gmelin, 1791)
Jamaica limpet Western Central Atlantic 1.95
Lottia kogamogai
Sasaki & Okutani, 1994
Kogamogai limpet Northwest Pacific
Lottia langfordi
(Habe, 1944)
Northwest Pacific
Lottia leucopleura
(Gmelin, 1791)
Black-rib limpet Western Central Atlantic 1.5
Lottia limatula
(Carpenter, 1864)
File limpet Eastern Pacific
Lottia lindbergi
Sasaki & Okutani, 1994
Northwest Pacific
Lottia luchuana
(Pilsbry, 1901)
Indo-Pacific
Lottia marcusi
(Righi, 1966)
Western Atlantic 1.8
Lottia mesoleuca
(Menke, 1851)
Eastern Central Pacific
Lottia mortoni
(Christiaens, 1980)
Northwest Pacific
Lottia noronhensis
(Smith, 1890)
Western Atlantic 2.7
Lottia ochracea
(Dall, 1871)
Yellow limpet East Pacific
Lottia onychitis
(Menke, 1843)
Eastern Indian Ocean
Lottia orbigny
(Dall, 1909)
Southeast Pacific
Lottia paradigitalis
(Fritchman, 1960)
Northeast Pacific and Northeast Atlantic
Lottia pelta
(Rathke, 1833)
Shield limpet Pacific Ocean 5.4
Lottia persona
(Rathke, 1833)
Northeast Pacific
Lottia scabra
(Gould, 1846)
Rough limpet Eastern Central Pacific
Lottia scutum
(Rathke, 1833)
Pacific plate limpet Arctic and Pacific Ocean
Lottia septiformis
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
Eastern Indian Ocean
Lottia smithi
Lindberg & McLean, 1981
Southeast Pacific
Lottia strigatella
(Carpenter, 1864)
Checkered limpet Northeast Pacific
Lottia subrotundata
(Carpenter, 1865)
Panama
Lottia subrugosa
(d'Orbigny, 1842)
Western Atlantic 3
Lottia tenuisculpta
Sasaki & Okutani, 1994
Northwest Pacific
Lottia tranquebarica
(Gmelin, 1791)
Western Atlantic
Lottia triangularis
(Carpenter, 1864)
Triangular limpet East Pacific
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