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Taxon: Family Patellidae Rafinesque, 1815 - limpets (mollusc)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  C.S. Rafinesque, 1815

Types

Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]: Patellinae (Subfamily) Rafinesque, 1815
Type: Patella (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: P. Bouchet & J.-P. Rocroi, 2005: 126.

Variants

Different rank: Patellinae (Subfamily) Rafinesque, 1815

Synonyms

Synonymous name: Trachelobranchia (Superfamily) Ref: K.J. Boss, 1982: 971.
Including: Nacellidae (Family) Thiele, 1891, nom. protect. Ref: K.J. Boss, 1982: 971.

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: schaalhorens Ref: B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: limpets Ref: I.V. Volvenko et al., 2020: 36.
: true limpets Ref: R.T. Abbott, 1990

Vernacular Names (Russian)

Full name: Пателлиды [Patellidy] Ref: I.V. Volvenko et al., 2020: 36.
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