Species profile
Rough Limpet
Lottia scabra
Limpets4.2K iNat observations
At a glance
Rough Limpet (Lottia scabra) is a limpet present across the CatchRules coverage area but without species-specific bag, size, or season rules tracked in our regulatory dataset.
Confirmed by 2,623 research-grade iNaturalist observations across the species' range.
Notable details
- Has one of the coarsest, most heavily textured shells among Pacific coast limpets.
- More common in warm southern waters, ranging from central California to Baja California.
- Favors crevices and shaded rock faces high in the intertidal zone.
- Highly resistant to heat and drying, critical traits for surviving sun-baked high intertidal life.
- Grazes on encrusting algae and biofilms, scraping rock clean with each pass of its radula.
Where Rough Limpet are seen
Background
Lottia scabra or the rough limpet is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Lottiidae.
Background excerpt adapted from Wikipedia's Rough Limpet article (CC BY-SA). Visit Wikipedia for the full entry.
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