Lottia gigantea, Owl limpet
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Lottia gigantea   Sowerby, 1834

Owl limpet

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Lottia gigantea  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Classificatie / Namen Lokale namen | Synoniemen | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Gastropoda | Not assigned | Lottiidae

Milieu: milieu / Klimaatzone / Diepte / verspreidingsgebied Ecologie

Benthic.  Subtropical

Verspreiding Territories | FAO regio's | Ecosystemen | Voorkomen | Introducties

Eastern Central Pacific: USA to Mexico.

Lengte bij maturiteit / Grootte / Gewicht / Leeftijd

Maturiteit: Lm ?  range ? - ? cmCommon length : 10.0 cm SHL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 312)

Korte beschrijving Morfologie

Light brown shell with whitish checks on the edge of the shell. The brown areas are slightly higher than the white spots. The peak of the shell is near the anterior margin. It has a brownish, bluish discoloration on the inside of the empty shell resembles the outline of an owl (Ref. 312).

Biologie     Verklarende woordenlijst (bv. epibenthisch)

It has a shell length of 10 cm (Ref. 312). Occurs on bare areas of rocks in the high to middle intertidal zones. Herbivorous, scrapes diatoms and algae off the rocky surface with their radula. Exhibits territorial behavior. Large animals are females and tend to 'farm' particular rock faces. If another limpet trespasses on this territory, female attacks by inserting its shell margin underneath the edge of the invader's shell and pries the invader off the rock. The smaller males are not territorial. When males reach a critical size they transform into females and begin farming (Ref. 312).

Levenscyclus en paargedrag Maturiteit | Voortplanting | Paaien | Eieren | Fecunditeit | Larven

Members of the order Patellogastropoda are mostly gonochoric and broadcast spawners. Life cycle: Embryos develop into planktonic trocophore larvae and later into juvenile veligers before becoming fully grown adults.

Hoofdreferentie Referenties | Coördinator | Medewerkers

Gallivan, G. and J. Danforth 1999 Phylum Mollusca. Marine Science Institute. (Ref. 312)

Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Gevaar voor de mens

Gebruik door de mens


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Trofische ecologie
Ecologie
Populatiedynamica
Groei
Max. leeftijden / maten
Lengte-gewicht rel.
Lengte-lengte rel.
Lengtefrequenties
Massaconversie
Abundantie
Levenscyclus
Voortplanting
Maturiteit
Fecunditeit
Paaien
Eieren
Ontwikkeling van de eieren
Larven
Verspreiding
Fysiologie
Zuurstofverbruik
Menselijk gerelateerd
Postzegels, munten, diversen.
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Schattingen op basis van modellen

Kwetsbaarheid van de visserij
(Ref. 71543)
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Prijsklasse
(Ref. 80766):
Unknown.