Dear Kay,

thank you best for the revising of Lottiidae. Most of these shells
(only 1 specimen / species) in the museum of Innsbruck where
from the collection Henry Hemphill (California)
with best regards
Helmut from Innsbruck


Helmut Nisters
Franz-Fischer-Str. 46
A-6020 Innsbruck / Austria / Europe
phone and fax: 0043 / 512 / 57 32 14
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
url: www.netwing.at/nisters/

or

Natural History Department of the
Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum Innsbruck
malacological collection
Feldstr. 11a
A-6020 Innsbruck / Austria / Europe
phone: 0043 / 512 / 58 72 86-37

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Andrew Vik
Tampa, FL., USA
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Helmut:

I have filled in the blanks in your original message below,
and have added corrections in bold.
This info should be fairly up to date, but I would
appreciate any corrections offered by others.

Yours, Andrew

P.S.: here is a summary of the taxa involved:

Family ACMAEIDAE Forbes, 1850
 Genus ACMAEA Rathke in Eschscholtz, 1833

Family LOTTIIDAE Gray, 1840
 Subfamily LOTTIINAE Gray, 1840
  Genus LOTTIA Gray, 1833 (= Collisella Dall, 1871)
  Genus SCURRIA Gray, 1847
  Genus TECTURA Gray, 1847
 Subfamily PATELLOIDINAE Oliver, 1926
  Genus PATELLOIDA Quoy & Gaimard, 1834

Helmut Nisters wrote:

> Dear Conchlers and specialists of Acmaeidae and Lottiidae
>
> There are a few names of about 20 species which are in the
> collection of the Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum. Could
> anybody help me with the right Genera. I'll name here only the
> species name with available author. Please correct the authors and
> set the right Genera aside.
>
> Lottia asmi (Middendorff, 1849)
> Tectura depicta (Hinds, 1842)
> Lottia fascicularis (Menke, 1851)
> Discurria insessa (Hinds, 1842)
> Tectura paleacea (Gould, 1853)
> Lottia subrugosa (D'Orbigny, 1846)
>
> Collisella:
>
> Lottia digitalis (Rathke in Eschscholtz, 1833)
> Lottia leucopleura (Gmelin, 1791)
> Lottia limatula (Carpenter, 1864)
> Lottia pelta (Rathke in Eschscholtz, 1833)
> Tectura scabra (Gould, 1846)
> Lottia stanfordiana (Berry, 1957)
> Lottia striata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
> Lottia strigatella (Carpenter, 1864)
>
> Scurria mesoleuca (Menke, 1851)
>
> Do these species all belong to Lottiidae. Please control the names
> and tell me the right genera and authors.
>
> Maybe sure for me is only
>
> Fam. Acmaeidae
> Acmaea mitra Rathke, 1833
> Tectura virginea (O. F. Müller, 1776) from the Mediterranean
>
> Fam. Lottiidae
> Lottia gigantea (Sowerby, 1834)
> Patelloidea saccharina (Linnaeus, 1758)
>
> with best thanks in advance for your kindly help and best shelling
> greetings from Innsbruck
> Helmut from Innsbruck
>
> Helmut Nisters
> Franz-Fischer-Str. 46
> A-6020 Innsbruck / Austria / Europe
> phone and fax: 0043 / 512 / 57 32 14
> e-mail: [log in to unmask]
> url: www.netwing.at/nisters/
>
> or
>
> Natural History Department of the
> Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum Innsbruck
> malacological collection
> Feldstr. 11a
> A-6020 Innsbruck / Austria / Europe
> phone: 0043 / 512 / 58 72 86-37