Patella rustica
Rustic limpet | |
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Patella rustica on rocks | |
ventral view of Patella rustica | |
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Phylum: | Mollusca
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Class: | Gastropoda
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(unranked): | clade Patellogastropoda
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Species: | P. rustica
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Binomial name | |
Patella rustica | |
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Patella rustica, the Lusitanian limpet[2] or rustic limpet[3] is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Patellidae, one of the families of true limpets.[1] It is a rocky shore intertidal mollusc found throughout the Mediterranean and the north-east Atlantic from Mauritania to southern France.[4]
Description[]
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Distribution[]
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References[]
- ^ a b Patella rustica Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 April 2010.
- ^ "Patella rustica Linnaeus, 1758". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
- ^ "Edible Molluscs Page 6".
- ^ "Recent changes in the distribution of a marine gastropod, Patella rustica, across the Iberian Atlantic coast did not result in diminished genetic diversity or increased connectivity". Sigarra.up.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 13 June 2021.
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Categories:
- Patellidae
- Molluscs of the Mediterranean Sea
- Marine molluscs of Europe
- Marine molluscs of Africa
- Gastropods described in 1758
- Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
- Patellidae stubs