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BeRMS taxon details

Patella Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

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

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Patella vulgata Linnaeus, 1758 (type by subsequent designation)

Type taxon of

Patellidae Rafinesque, 1815

Parent

Patellidae Rafinesque, 1815

Original name

Patella Linnaeus, 1758

Direct children (2)

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Species Patella vulgata Linnaeus, 1758
Species Patella fornicata Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Crepidula fornicata (Linnaeus, 1758) (original combination)

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

BeRMS (2025). Patella Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138312 on 2025-05-24

Regional species database citation

VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards). Belgian Register of Marine Species. Patella Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138312 on 2025-05-24

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]