WoRMS name details
Patella variabilis Krauss, 1848
216274 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216274)
unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Patella variabilis Röding, 1798, and P. variabilis Risso, 1826; Patella fischeri is an unnecessary replacement name)
Species
- Variety Patella variabilis var. concolor Krauss, 1848 accepted as Helcion concolor (Krauss, 1848) (original combination)
- Variety Patella variabilis var. constellata G. B. Sowerby III, 1921 accepted as Helcion concolor (Krauss, 1848)
- Variety Patella variabilis var. fasciata Krauss, 1848 accepted as Helcion concolor (Krauss, 1848) (invalid: junior homonym of Patella fasciata Gmelin, 1791; P. variabilis var. fasciolata Tomlin, 1931, is a replacement name)
- Variety Patella variabilis var. fasciolata Tomlin, 1931 accepted as Helcion concolor (Krauss, 1848)
- Variety Patella variabilis var. helvola W. H. Turton, 1932 accepted as Helcion concolor (Krauss, 1848)
- Variety Patella variabilis var. polygramma Tomlin, 1931 accepted as Helcion concolor (Krauss, 1848)
- Variety Patella variabilis var. radiata Krauss, 1848 accepted as Helcion concolor (Krauss, 1848) (invalid: junior primary homonym of Patella radiata Born, 1778)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Krauss, F. (1848) Die Südafrikanischen Mollusken. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Mollusken des Kap- und Natallandes und zur Geographischen Verbreitung derselben mit Beschreibung und Abbildung der neuen Arten. Ebner and Seubert, Stuttgart, 140 pp., 6 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13801704
page(s): 55, pl. 3, fig. 12. [details]
page(s): 55, pl. 3, fig. 12. [details]
Type locality contained in Natal
type locality contained in Natal [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Patella variabilis Krauss, 1848. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216274 on 2025-05-01
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Nomenclature
original description
Krauss, F. (1848) Die Südafrikanischen Mollusken. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Mollusken des Kap- und Natallandes und zur Geographischen Verbreitung derselben mit Beschreibung und Abbildung der neuen Arten. Ebner and Seubert, Stuttgart, 140 pp., 6 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13801704
page(s): 55, pl. 3, fig. 12. [details]
basis of record Kalk, M. (1958). Ecological studies on the shore of Moçambique. I. The fauna of intertidal rocks at Inhaca Island, Delagoa Bay. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 14(2): 189-242. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 55, pl. 3, fig. 12. [details]
basis of record Kalk, M. (1958). Ecological studies on the shore of Moçambique. I. The fauna of intertidal rocks at Inhaca Island, Delagoa Bay. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 14(2): 189-242. [details] Available for editors
[request]Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Kilburn, R. N. (1972). Taxonomic notes on South African marine Mollusca (2), with the description of new species and subspecies of <i>Conus</i>, <i>Nassarius</i>, <i>Vexillum</i> and <i>Demoulia</i>. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 21(2): 391-437., available online at https://journals.co.za/doi/abs/10.10520/AJA03040798_664 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
