Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Lottia filosa
Caracol, Snail
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Superfamily
Lottioidea
Family
Lottiidae
Genus
Lottia
Species
filosa
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Acmaea floccata var. filosa Carpenter, 1865, Notoacmea filosa (Carpenter, 1865) (Horton et al., 2021)
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- 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 filosa", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19227. Accessed 4 November 2026.