Owl Limpet

Lottia gigantea

• Group: Other

This large limpet farms its own patch of high to mid intertidal rock, scraping diatoms and algae with its tongue and driving off any intruder by ramming its shell edge underneath. The biggest individuals, reaching about 10 centimetres, are females that defend a territory year round.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Nacellida › Lottiidae › Lottia

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 456593.