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Collisella
Collisella atrata
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Collisella

Dall, 1871[1]

Collisella is 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 of shield limpets has been classified by some authors under the family Acmaeidae.[2]

Species

Collisella discors
Collisella stanfordiana

Species within the genus Colisella include:[3]

The following species from American waters (from Baja California to Peru) are mentioned in the book "Seashells of Tropical West America" by A. Myra Keen, Stanford University Press, 1971.[5]

Synonyms:

  • Collisella pelta[4] is a synonym of Lottia pelta (Rathke, 1833)
    • Colisella pelta pelta (Rathke, J. in Eschscholtz, J.F., 1833)
    • Collisella pelta pelta f. postelsia
    • Collisella pelta shirogai Habe, T. & K. Ito, 1965

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. ^ a b Juliana, José (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. Retrieved 2010-07-23. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ Gastropods.com
  4. ^ a b Sanders, Brenda M. (1991). "Characterization of the Stress Protein Response in two Species of Collisella limpets with different Temperature Tolerances". Physiological Zoology. 64 (6): 1471–1481. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ A. Myra Keen, "Seashells of Tropical West America", Stanford University Press, 1971, ISBN 0-8047-0736-7.

Further reading

  • Lindberg D. R. (1982). "Taxonomic notes on members of the genus Collisella from the North Pacific Ocean including the description of a new species from Alaska (Gastropoda: Acmaeidae)". Wasmann Jour. Biol. 40(1-2): 48-58.