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Updated 2/18/13

Family Lottiidae

NORTHEAST PACIFIC

Lottia persona

Ogden Point, Victoria, Canada, 3 feet

 

On dock washed ashore, Makapu'u, Oahu

On dock washed ashore, Makapu'u, Oahu

MASK or SPECKLED LIMPET

Abundant on rocks in the intertidal zone.  Apex height more than 1/3 shell width, interior with large brown blotch, tentacles of living animal not golden brown.  Attains 2 inches.  Alaska to California.  Formerly known as Tectura persona and Notoacmea persona.