Species Identification: Find Species

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)	Year
Actinoleuca campbelli		Southwest Pacific		1880
Asteracmea maraisi		Western Indian Ocean		1977
Asteracmea suteri		Southwest Pacific		1915
Atalacmea fragilis		Southwest Pacific		1823
Atalacmea multilinea		Southwest Pacific		1934
Collisella asmi		Southwest Pacific		1849
Collisella borealis		Southwest Pacific		1982
Collisella digitalis		Northeast Pacific	2.5 TL	1833
Collisella edmitchelli		Northeast Pacific		1963
Collisella instabilis		Northeast Pacific		1846
Collisella limatula		Eastern Pacific
Collisella pelta		Northeast Pacific and Nor		1833
Collisella scabra		Eastern Pacific		1846
Collisella strigatella		Northeast Pacific		1864
Collisella triangularis		Northeast Pacific		1864
Discurria insessa	Kelp limpet	Northeast Pacific and Arc	2 NG	1842
Erginus apicinus	Cap limpet	East Pacific.		1879
Erginus moskalevi		East Pacific.		1972
Erginus puniceus		East Pacific.		1988
Erginus rubellus	Reddish limpet	Arctic and Northern Atlan	0.8 DL	1780
Erginus sybariticus	Lush limpet	Northwest Pacific, East P		1871
Lottia abrolhosensis		Western Atlantic.	2.6 DL	1979
Lottia alveus	Bowl limpet	Northwest Atlantic and No	1.3 TL	1831
Lottia antillarum	Southern limpet	Western Central Atlantic.	2.5 DL	1831
Lottia asmi	Black limpet	Northeast Pacific	1 NG	1847
Lottia borealis	Boreal limpet	East Pacific.		1982
Lottia cassis		Northwest Pacific		1833
Lottia cellanica		Northwest Pacific		1980
Lottia conus		Northwest Pacific		1945
Lottia cubensis		Western Atlantic	1.9 DL	1855
Lottia digitalis	Ribbed limpet	Pacific Ocean	3.5 SHL	1833
Lottia dorsuosa	Bumpy limpet	Northwest Pacific		1859
Lottia emydia		Northwest Pacific		1914
Lottia fenestrata		Northeast Pacific		1855
Lottia filosa		Eastern Central Pacific		1865
Lottia gigantea	Owl limpet	Eastern Central Pacific		1834
Lottia guadelupa		Western Atlantic.		1976
Lottia iani		Western Atlantic.		2021
Lottia instabilis	Unstable limpet	Northeast Pacific	3.5 SHL	1846
Lottia jamaicensis	Jamaica limpet	Western Central Atlantic	2.0 DL	1791
Lottia kogamogai	Kogamogai limpet	Northwest Pacific		1994
Lottia langfordi		Northwest Pacific		1944
Lottia leucopleura	Black-rib limpet	Western Central Atlantic.	1.5 DL	1791
Lottia limatula	File limpet	Eastern Pacific		1864
Lottia lindbergi		Northwest Pacific		1994
Lottia luchuana		Indo-Pacific		1901
Lottia marcusi		Western Atlantic.	1.8 DL	1966
Lottia mesoleuca		Eastern Central Pacific		1851
Lottia mortoni		Northwest Pacific		1980
Lottia noronhensis		Western Atlantic.	2.7 DL	1890
Lottia ochracea	Yellow limpet	East Pacific.		1871
Lottia onychitis		Eastern Indian Ocean		1843
Lottia orbigny		Southeast Pacific		1909
Lottia painei		Southeast Pacific		1987
Lottia paradigitalis		Northeast Pacific and Nor		1960
Lottia pelta	Shield limpet	Pacific Ocean	5.4 SHL	1833
Lottia persona		Northeast Pacific		1833
Lottia scabra	Rough limpet	Eastern Central Pacific		1846
Lottia scutum	Pacific plate limpet	Arctic and Pacific Ocean.		1833
Lottia septiformis		Eastern Indian Ocean		1834
Lottia smithi		Southeast Pacific		1981
Lottia strigatella	Checkered limpet	Northeast Pacific		1864
Lottia subrotundata		Panama.		1865
Lottia subrugosa		Western Atlantic.	3 DL	1842
Lottia tenuisculpta		Northwest Pacific		1994
Lottia tranquebarica		Western Atlantic.		1791
Lottia triangularis	Triangular limpet	East Pacific.		1864
Nipponacmea concinna	Schrenk's limpet	Northwest Pacific.	1.8 TL	1870
Nipponacmea fuscoviridis		Northwest Pacific		1949
Nipponacmea gloriosa		Northwest Pacific		1944
Nipponacmea habei		Northwest Pacific		1994
Nipponacmea nigrans		Northwest Pacific	1.6 TL	1961
Nipponacmea radula		Northwest Pacific		1961
Nipponacmea schrenckii		Northwest Pacific		1868
Nipponacmea teramachii		Northwest Pacific	2 TL	1961
Niveotectura funiculata	Corded white limpet	Eastern Pacific		1864
Niveotectura pallida		Northwest Pacific		1859
Patelloida alticostata		Indo-West Pacific		1865
Patelloida araucana		Western Atlantic and East	2.4 DL	1839
Patelloida chamorrorum		Central Pacific		1985
Patelloida conoidalis		Pacific Ocean		1972
Patelloida conulus	Little-cone limpet	Northwest Pacific		1861
Patelloida corticata	Encrusted limpet	Southwest Pacific		1880
Patelloida exilis		Western Atlantic and East	0.7 DL	1846
Patelloida heroldi		Northwest Pacific		1861
Patelloida inquilinus		Western Atlantic.	1.1 DL	1913
Patelloida insignis		Southwest Pacific		1843
Patelloida javanica		Eastern Indian Ocean	1.3 TL	2004
Patelloida latistrigata		Indo-West Pacific		1865
Patelloida lentiginosa		Western Pacific		1855
Patelloida mimula		Southwest Pacific		1924
Patelloida nigrosulcata		Eastern Indian Ocean		1855
Patelloida perconica		Southeast Pacific and Sou	1.5 DL	1913
Patelloida perfestiva		Western Atlantic.	0.5 DL	2004
Patelloida profunda		Indo-West Pacific	1.8 TL	1863
Patelloida pustulata	Spotted limpet	Western Central Atlantic.	2.8 TL	1779
Patelloida pygmaea		Northwest Pacific.		1860
Patelloida ryukyuensis		Northwest Pacific		2005
Patelloida saccharina	Pacific sugar limpet	Indo-West Pacific	5 SHL	1758
Patelloida saccharinoides	Sugar limpet	Indo-West Pacific	5 ShH	1996
Patelloida signata		Northwest Pacific		1901
Patelloida striata	Striate limpet	Indo-West Pacific	5 SHL	1834
Patelloida toloensis		Northwest Pacific		1980
Radiacmea inconspicua		Southwest Pacific		1843
Radiacmea intermedia		Southwest Pacific		1907
Rhodopetala rosea	Pink limpet	East Pacific.		1872
Scurria bahamondina		Southeast Pacific		1974
Scurria ceciliana		Southeast Pacific and Sou	2.1 DL	1841
Scurria chaitena		Southeast Pacific		1974
Scurria dalcahuina		Southeast Pacific		1974
Scurria mesoleuca	Half-white limpet	Eastern Central Pacific		1851
Scurria parasitica		Southeast Pacific		1841
Scurria plana		Southeast Pacific		1846
Scurria scurra		Southeast Pacific and Sou	3 DL	1847
Scurria silvana		Southeast Pacific		1974
Scurria variabilis		Southeast Pacific		1839
Scurria viridula		Southeast Pacific		1822
Scurria zebrina		Southeast Pacific	4.4 DL	1830
Tectura depicta	Painted limpet	East Pacific.		1842
Tectura fenestrata	Fenestrate limpet	Northeast Pacific	2.5 SHL	1855
Tectura paleacea	Surfgrass limpet	Northeast Pacific	1 NG	1853
Tectura persona	Mask limpet	Northeast Pacific	5 SHL	1833
Tectura rosacea	Pacific rosy limpet	Eastern Pacific		1864
Tectura scutum	Plate limpet	Pacific Ocean		1833
Tectura testudinalis	Plant limpet	East Pacific, Northwest A	4 TL	1776
Tectura virginea		Northeast Atlantic and th		1776
Testudinalia testudinalis	Common tortoiseshell limpet	Arctic, Northern Pacific	4 DL	1776
Yayoiacmea oyamai		Northwest Pacific		1955

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Family: Lottiidae lottiid limpets(See list of species below)

Family: Lottiidae lottiid limpets

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