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Chocolate Limpet

Lottia fenestrata

461 observations in the source records

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28 photos

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 14, February 13, March 13, April 16, May 16, June 12, July 10, August 10, September 13, October 13, November 17, December 13.
United States195
California159
Canada19
Washington19
British Columbia19
Oregon17

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • Shell-bearingProtected by a hard shellFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumMolluscs · Mollusca
ClassGastropods · Gastropoda
OrderNacellida
FamilyLottiid Limpets · Lottiidae
GenusLottia Limpets · Lottia

Sources

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