MolluscaBase - Patella Linnaeus, 1758

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Patella Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

138312 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138312)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon of

Patellidae Rafinesque, 1815

Parent

Patellidae Rafinesque, 1815

Original name

Patella Linnaeus, 1758

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Species Patella caerulea Linnaeus, 1758
Species Patella depressa Pennant, 1777
Species Patella ferruginea Gmelin, 1791
Species Patella rustica Linnaeus, 1758
Species Patella ulyssiponensis Gmelin, 1791
Subgenus Patella (Cymbula) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 accepted as Cymbula H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 (original rank)
Subgenus Patella (Scutellastra) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 accepted as Scutellastra H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
1. Species Patella (Scutellastra) aphanes G. Robson, 1986 accepted as Scutellastra aphanes (G. Robson, 1986) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
2. Species Patella (Scutellastra) argenvillei Krauss, 1848 accepted as Scutellastra argenvillei (Krauss, 1848)
3. Species Patella (Scutellastra) barbara Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Scutellastra barbara (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
4. Species Patella (Scutellastra) cochlear Born, 1778 accepted as Scutellastra cochlear (Born, 1778) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
5. Species Patella (Scutellastra) granularis Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Scutellastra granularis (Linnaeus, 1758)
6. Species Patella (Scutellastra) longicosta Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Scutellastra longicosta (Lamarck, 1819)
7. Species Patella (Scutellastra) obtecta Krauss, 1848 accepted as Scutellastra obtecta (Krauss, 1848)
8. Species Patella (Scutellastra) pica Reeve, 1854 accepted as Scutellastra exusta (Reeve, 1854)
9. Species Patella (Scutellastra) tabularis Krauss, 1848 accepted as Scutellastra tabularis (Krauss, 1848)
Species Patella barbara Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Scutellastra barbara (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
Species Patella cochlear Born, 1778 accepted as Scutellastra cochlear (Born, 1778) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Patella compressa Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Cymbula compressa (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Patella concolor Krauss, 1848 accepted as Helcion concolor (Krauss, 1848) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Patella exusta Reeve, 1854 accepted as Scutellastra exusta (Reeve, 1854)
Species Patella flexuosa Quoy & Gaimard, 1834 accepted as Scutellastra flexuosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
Species Patella granatina Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Cymbula granatina (Linnaeus, 1758) (original combination)
Species Patella granularis Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Scutellastra granularis (Linnaeus, 1758) (original combination)
Species Patella intermedia Murray, 1857 accepted as Patella depressa Pennant, 1777 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Patella miniata Born, 1778 accepted as Cymbula miniata (Born, 1778)
Species Patella natalensis Krauss, 1848 accepted as Scutellastra natalensis (Krauss, 1848) (original combination)
Species Patella nigra da Costa, 1771 accepted as Cymbula safiana (Lamarck, 1819) (unavailable name: published in a non-binominal work)
Species Patella obtecta Krauss, 1848 accepted as Scutellastra obtecta (Krauss, 1848) (original combination)
Species Patella pica Reeve, 1854 accepted as Scutellastra exusta (Reeve, 1854)
Species Patella rota Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Cellana rota (Gmelin, 1791) (original combination)
Species Patella safiana Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Cymbula safiana (Lamarck, 1819) (original combination)
Species Patella sanguinans Reeve, 1854 accepted as Cymbula sanguinans (Reeve, 1854) (original combination)
Species Patella stellaeformis Reeve, 1842 accepted as Scutellastra flexuosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
Species Patella testudinaria Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Cellana testudinaria (Linnaeus, 1758) (original combination)
Species Patella variabilis Krauss, 1848 accepted as Helcion concolor (Krauss, 1848) (invalid: junior homonym of Patella variabilis Röding, 1798, and P. variabilis Risso, 1826; Patella fischeri is an unnecessary replacement name)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

AfReMaS (2025). Patella Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138312 on 2025-05-01

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025). African Register of Marine Species. Patella Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138312 on 2025-05-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2015-08-11 21:17:57Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2025-04-08 12:15:46Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Christiaens, J. (1974). Révision du genre Patella (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. 3e serie, no. 182, Zoologie 121: 1305-1392 [published 30 April 1974]., available online at http://bionames.org/bionames-archive/issn/0300-9386/121/1305.pdf [details] Available for editors

additional source Powell, A. W. B. (1973). The patellid limpets of the world (Patellidae). Indo-Pacific Mollusca. 3(15): 75-206., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46312984 [details] Available for editors

additional source Koch, H.J. (1949). A review of the South African representatives of the genus Patella Linnaeus. Annals of the Natal Museum. 11(3): 487–517. [details] Available for editors

additional source Fischer-Piette, E. & Gaillard, J.-M. (1959). Les patelles, au long des côtes ibériques et nord-marocaines. Journal de Conchyliologie. 99(4): 135-200., available online at https://bibliotheques.mnhn.fr/medias/doc/EXPLOITATION/IFD/MNHN_CONCH_1959_T099_N004/journal-de-conchyliologie [details]