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Updated 12/21/2013

Family Lottiidae

NORTHEAST PACIFIC

Lottia scutum



Ogden Point, Victoria, Canada, 3 feet

PLATE LIMPET

Abundant on rocks in the intertidal zone.  Apex height no more than 1/3 shell width, interior with brown apex, tentacles golden brown.  Attains 2 inches.  Alaska to Baja California.  Formerly known as Tectura scutum and Notoacmea scutum.