Collisella

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Collisella
Collisella atrata 002.jpg
Lottia atrata
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Collisella

Dall, 1871 [1]

Collisella was a genus of primitive sea snails, specifically true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Lottiidae, one of the families of true limpets. This genus has become a synonym of Lottia Gray, 1833 [2]

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This genus of shield limpets was classified by some authors under the family Acmaeidae. [3]

Species

Lottia discors Collisella discors 002.jpg
Lottia discors
Lottia stanfordiana Collisella stanfordiana 001.jpg
Lottia stanfordiana

Species within the genus Collisella include: [4]

Species brought into synonymy

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References

  1. Dall W. H. (1871). "On the limpets; with special reference to the species of the west coast of America, and to a more natural classification of the group". American Journal of Conchology 6: 227-282. page 245.
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Collisella Dall, 1871. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-05-15.
  3. 1 2 Juliana, José; Vera Nisaka Solferini (2007). "Population genetics of Collisella subrugosa (Patellogastropoda: Acmaeidae): evidence of two scales of population structure". Genetica. 130 (1): 73–82. doi:10.1007/s10709-006-0024-3. PMID   16897456.
  4. "Gastropods.com". Archived from the original on 2011-06-15. Retrieved 2010-07-23.
  5. 1 2 Sanders, Brenda M.; Christopher Hope; Virginia M. Pascoe; Leslie S. Martin (1991). "Characterization of the Stress Protein Response in two Species of Collisella limpets with different Temperature Tolerances". Physiological Zoology. 64 (6): 1471–1481. doi:10.1086/physzool.64.6.30158225. JSTOR   30158225.

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