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owl limpet

Lottia gigantea

Classification

Family
Lottiidae

Lottia gigantea, common name the owl limpet, is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Lottiidae. Its genome has been sequenced at the Joint Genome Institute. Distribution The owl limpet is found on the Pacific coast of North America from northern California to southern Baja California.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 3,359Mexico · 58