Biology:Lottia filosa
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Short description: Species of gastropod
Lottia filosa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Patellogastropoda |
Family: | Lottiidae |
Genus: | Lottia |
Species: | L. filosa
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Binomial name | |
Lottia filosa (Carpenter, 1865)
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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
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lottia filosa.
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