Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Lottia rothi
Lapa de Roth
Length: 17 mm
Shallow water (less than 200 m depth), intertidal
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Superfamily
Lottioidea
Family
Lottiidae
Genus
Lottia
Species
rothi
Taxon category: Accepted
AMNH: 117909, 139501, 163263, ANSP: 152554, 153370, 153602, LACM: 1921 (Holotype), 1922 (Paratype), 54774 (ex ANSP 152554), CDRS: 1246 (part. ?), MHNG: expedition to the Galapagos, 1993
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Ecuador (Galapagos Islands)
- Finet, Y. (2001) The marine mollusks of the Galapagos Islands: a documented faunal list. Editions du Muséum d' Histoire naturelle, Genève, 237 pp.
- Hickman, C.P. Jr. Finet, Y. (1999) A Field Guide to the Marine Molluscs of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia, 150 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 rothi", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=10101. Accessed 31 October 2026.