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Patella
Linnaeus, 1758
(mollusc)
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Entity:
Patella (Genus)
..Ancistromesus (Subgenus)
..Cymbula (Subgenus)
..Eliana (Subgenus)
..Olana (Subgenus)
..Patella aphanes (Species)
..Patella candei (Species)
..Patella citrullus (Species)
..Patella conspicua (Species)
..Patella depsta (Species)
..Patella electrina (Species)
..Patella guttata (Species)
..Patella intermedia (Species)
..Patella nigra (Species) - Safian limpet
..Patella pellucida (Species)
..Patella rangiana (Species)
..Patella tenuis (Species)
..Patellidea (Subgenus)
..Patellona (Subgenus)
..Penepatella (Subgenus)
..Scutellastra (Subgenus)
..Patella (Subgenus)
....Patella baudonii (Species)
....Patella caerulea (Species) - rayed Mediterranean limpet
....Patella depressa (Species) - black-footed limpet
....Patella ferruginea (Species) - ribbed Mediterranean limpet
....Patella gomesi (Species)
....Patella piperata (Species)
....Patella rustica (Species) - rustic limpet
....Patella ulyssiponensis (Species) - China limpet
....Patella variabilis (Species)
....Patella vulgata (Species) - common European limpet
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
C. Linnaeus, 1758
Types
Nominotypical taxon of
:
Patella
(Genus)
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
F.J. Springsteen & F.M. Leobrera, 1986
: 367.
[inferred]
Type
:
Patella vulgata
Linnaeus, 1758
Homonyms
Junior homonym (allowed)
:
Patella
(Genus)
F.H. Wigg. (1780)
Ref:
S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present
: 7 Dec 2015.
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