Lottia subrugosa explained

Lottia subrugosa is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Lottiidae. It is still designated under its synonyms Acmaea subrugosa or Collisella subrugosa in many textbooks.^{[1] [2]}

Distribution and habitat

This species is found along the coasts of Brazil and Uruguay, mostly in the mid-intertidal zone.^[3] It is the most common limpet with large population sizes in the Brazilian midlittoral. It can fill the small gaps in mussel beds dominated by Brachidontes solisianus and Brachidontes darwinianus.^[4] They are also very abundant in the regions dominated by the barnacle Tetraclita stalactifera.^[5]

Description

The shell size is between 16 and 30 mm

References

• d'Orbigny, A. 1841. Mollusques. Voyage dans l'Amérique Méridionale 5: 425–488, pls. 72–76, 79–80. P. Bertrand: Paris. [True date: -- --- 1841.]
• 10.1007/s10709-006-0024-3. Juliana . José. Vera Nisaka Solferini . Population genetics of Collisella subrugosa (Patellogastropoda: Acmaeidae): evidence of two scales of population structure. Genetica. 2007. 130. 1. 73–82. 16897456.

Notes and References

1. http://www.malacolog.org/search.php?nameid=21 Malacolog : Lottia subrugosa
2. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Lottia subrugosa (d'Orbigny, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594482 on 2012-05-15
3. 10.1093/mollus/68.1.55. Tanaka. Marcel O. . Tiago E. M. Duque-Estrada . CLÁUDIA A. MAGALHÃES. Dynamics of the Acmaeid Limpet Collisella Subrugosa and Vertical Distribution of Size and Abundance along a Wave Exposure Gradient . Journal of Molluscan Studies. 2002. 68. 1. 55–64. free.
4. 10.3354/meps237151. Tanaka. Marcel O.. Cláudia A. Magalhães . Edge effects and succession dynamics in Brachidontes mussel beds. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 2002. 237. 151–158. 2010-07-26. 2002MEPS..237..151T. free.
5. Magalhães. C.A.. Tanaka, M. O.. Duque-Estrada, T.E.M.. Hara, H. E.. Homing in Collisella subrugosa (Orbigny) - What do we know, Where do we go?. The Malacological Society of London. 1993. 2010-07-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20101105123900/http://www.malacsoc.org.uk/Malacological%20Bulletin/BULL41/LIMPETS2.htm#Begin. 2010-11-05. dead.