Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Lottia immaculata (Lindberg & J. H. McLean, 1981)

Gastropodos, Gastropods

Shallow water (less than 200 m depth)

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Mollusca

Class
Gastropoda

Superfamily
Lottioidea

Family
Lottiidae

Genus
Lottia

Species
immaculata

Taxon category: Accepted

AMNH: 163290 (part.), ANSP: 349148, 349149 (ex 153328), LACM: 1923 (Holotype), 34-46.15,34-265.10, CAS: 15920 (Paratype), CDRS: 1246

Origin: Endemic

References

  • Finet, Y. (2001) The marine mollusks of the Galapagos Islands: a documented faunal list. Editions du Muséum d' Histoire naturelle, Genève, 237 pp.
  • Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Lottia immaculata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=10100. Accessed 1 November 2026.