Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Lottia mimica
lapa mímica, Limpet
Length: 16 mm
Shallow water (less than 200 m depth)
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Superfamily
Lottioidea
Family
Lottiidae
Genus
Lottia
Species
mimica
Taxon category: Accepted
AMNH: 87165 (? see also Lottia smithi), 163290 (part.), ? 163362 (part.), 163363, LACM: 1925 (Holotype), 1926 (Paratypes), 28840 (ex ANSP 154889), 33-62.4, 33-69.4, 33-76.5, 34-43.11, 34-76.5, 34-234.8, 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)
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- Finet, Y. (1991) The Marine Mollusks of the Galapagos Islands. In: Galápagos Marine Invertebrate. Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin's Islands. Plenum Press. New York and London, p. 253-280.
- 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.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Lottia mimica", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8643. Accessed 30 October 2026.