# Lottia

Lottia is a genus of sea snails, specifically true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Lottiinae of the family Lottiidae, one of the families of true limpets.

## Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with accepted names are included within the genus Lottia :
* Lottia abrolhosensis (Petuch, 1979)
* Lottia acutapex (S. S. Berry, 1960)
* Lottia albicosta (Adams, 1845)
* † Lottia alveus, (Conrad, 1831) - eelgrass limpet, became extinct in the 20th century
* Lottia angusta (Moskalev in Golikov & Scarlato, 1967)
* Lottia antillarum G.B. Sowerby I, 1834
* Lottia argrantesta Simison & Lindberg, 2003
* Lottia asmi (Middendorff, 1847) -- black limpet
* Lottia atrata (Carpenter, 1857)
* Lottia austrodigitalis (Murphy, 1978) This species is cryptic species and a sibling species with Lottia digitalis. Existence of Lottia austrodigitalis as separate species was genetically confirmed in 2007.
* Lottia borealis (Lindberg, 1982) -- boreal limpet
* Lottia cassis (Eschscholtz, 1833)
* Lottia cellanica (Christiaens, 1980)
* Lottia conus (Test, 1945)
* Lottia cubensis (Reeve, 1855)
* Lottia dalliana (Pilsbry, 1891)
* Lottia digitalis (Rathke, 1833) - ribbed limpet
* Lottia discors (Philippi, 1849)
* Lottia dorsuosa (Gould, 1859)
* Lottia edmitchelli (Lipps, 1963)
* Lottia emydia (Dall, 1914)
* Lottia fascicularis (Menke, 1851)
* Lottia fenestrata (Reeve, 1855)
* Lottia filosa (Carpenter, 1865)
* Lottia formosa (Christiaens, 1980)
* Lottia gigantea G.B. Sowerby I, 1834 - owl limpet
* Lottia goshimai Nakayama, Sasaki & Nakano, 2017
* Lottia iani Scuderi, Nakano & Eernisse, 2021
* Lottia immaculata (Lindberg & McLean, 1981)
* Lottia instabilis (Gould, 1846) -- unstable limpet
* Lottia jamaicensis (Gmelin, 1791) - Jamaica limpet
* Lottia kogamogai Sasaki & Okutani, 1994
* Lottia langfordi (Habe, 1944)
* Lottia leucopleura (Gmelin, 1791) - black-rib limpet
* Lottia limatula (Carpenter, 1864) - file limpet
* Lottia lindbergi Sasaki & Okutani, 1994
* Lottia luchuana (Pilsbry, 1901)
* Lottia marcusi (Righi, 1966)
* Lottia mesoleuca (Menke, 1851)
* Lottia mimica Lindberg & McLean, 1981
* Lottia mitella (Menke, 1847)
* Lottia mixta (Reeve, 1855)
* Lottia mortoni (Christiaens, 1980)
* Lottia noronhensis (E. A. Smith, 1890)
* Lottia onychitis (Menke, 1843)
* Lottia orbignyi (Dall, 1909)
* Lottia painei Lindberg, 1987
* Lottia paradigitalis (Fritchman, 1960)
* Lottia pediculus (Philippi, 1846)
* Lottia peitaihoensis (Grabau & S. G. King, 1928)
* Lottia pelta (Rathke, 1833) - shield limpet
* Lottia persona (Rathke, 1833)
* Lottia rothi (Lindberg & McLean, 1981)
* Lottia scabra (Gould, 1846) - rough limpet
* Lottia scutum (Rathke, 1833)
* Lottia septiformis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
* Lottia smithi Lindberg & McLean, 1981
* Lottia stanfordiana (Berry, 1957)
* Lottia strigatella (Carpenter, 1864)
* Lottia strongiana (Hertlein, 1958)
* Lottia subrotundata (Carpenter, 1865)
* Lottia subrugosa (d'Orbigny, 1846)
* Lottia tenuisculptata Sasaki & Okutani, 1994
* Lottia tranquebarica (Gmelin, 1791)
* Lottia triangularis (Carpenter, 1864) -- triangular limpet
* Lottia turveri (Hertlein & Strong, 1951)
* Lottia versicolor (Moskalev in Golikov & Scarlato, 1967)

### Species brought into synonymy

* Lottia cymbiola (Gould, 1846): synonym of Scurria variabilis (G.B. Sowerby I, 1839)
* Lottia depicta (Hinds, 1842): synonym of Tectura depicta (Hinds, 1842)
* Lottia insessa (Hinds, 1842): synonym for Discurria insessa (Hinds, 1842)
* Lottia ochracea (Dall, 1871): synonym of Lottia instabilis (Gould, 1846)
* Lottia paleacea (Gould, 1853): synonym of Tectura paleacea (Gould, 1853)
* Lottia rosacea (Carpenter, 1864): synonym of Tectura rosacea (Carpenter, 1864)
* Lottia testudinalis (Müller, 1776): synonym of Testudinalia testudinalis (O. F. Müller, 1776)
* Lottia variabilis (Sowerby, 1839): synonym of Scurria variabilis (G.B. Sowerby I, 1839)
The following species are also: synonym of species in current use by the Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
* Lottia areneosa (Gould, 1846)
* Lottia heroldi (Dunker, 1861)
* Lottia (Lottia) compressa (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Lottia (Lottia) patina (Eschscholtz in Rathke, 1833)
* Lottia (Lottia) radiata (Eschscholtz in Rathke, 1833)
The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) adds the following species
* Lottia ochracea (Dall, 1871) -- yellow limpet : synonym of Lottia instabilis (Gould, 1846)