---
title: "Owl Limpet"
description: "Lottia gigantea — Outros animais. Lottia gigantea, common name the owl limpet, is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Lottiidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/owl-limpet
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Owl Limpet

> Lottia gigantea — Outros animais. Lottia gigantea, common name the owl limpet, is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Lottiidae.

- Scientific name: *Lottia gigantea*
- Category: `other` (Outros animais)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 7447
- Wikidata: [Q3166907](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3166907)
- iNaturalist taxon: [53750](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/53750)

## Names

- en: Owl Limpet
- es: Lapa gigante
- fr: Patelle géante

## Countries with the most observations

US (5402), MX (94)

## Summary

Lottia gigantea, common name the owl limpet, is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Lottiidae. Its genome has been sequenced at the Joint Genome Institute.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lottia_gigantea

## Photo

![Owl Limpet](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/owl-limpet/medium.jpg)

Photo: Emily Langdon-Lassagne · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/299097771

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/owl-limpet?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).