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Patella (gastropod)

Patella Temporal range: Eocene–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
A group of live Patella vulgata on a rock in Wales
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Patellogastropoda
Family:	Patellidae
Genus:	Patella Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Patella vulgata Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms[1]
Ansates G.B. Sowerby II, 1839 Costatopatella Pallary, 1913 Helcion (Ansates) Sowerby II, 1839 Patella (Patella) Linnaeus, 1758 Patellastra Monterosato, 1884 Patellus Montfort, 1810 (Invalid: unjustified emendation of Patella) Patina Gray, 1847

Patella is a genusofsea snails with gills, typical true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Patellidae, the true limpets.^[1]

Patella is the type genus of the family Patellidae.

Species within the genus Patella include:

• † Patella alessiae Forli, Dell'Angelo, Montagna & Taviani, 2004
• † Patella alternicostata Sandberger, 1859
• † Patella ambroggii Lecointre, 1952
• †Patella amuritica Wilckens, 1922
• Patella argentaurum Lesson, 1831 (status in recent literature not researched by editor)
• Patella aspera Röding, 1798^[2]
• Patella caerulea Linnaeus, 1758^[3]
• Patella candei d'Orbigny, 1839^[4]
• Patella crocata R.P. Lesson, 1831
• Patella cyanea R.P. Lesson, 1831
• Patella depressa Pennant, 1777 - Patella depressa is a nomen dubium according to Christiaens (1973, 1983); Patella intermedia gets priority. Nevertheless the name Patella depressa is in usage among British authors (e.g. Graham, 1988) and is assumed as valid.^[5]
• Patella depsta Reeve, 1855:^[6] (taxon inquirendum)
• † Patella estotiensis Lozouet, 1999
• Patella ferruginea Gmelin, 1791^[7]
• Patella gomesii Drouet, 1858^[8]
• † Patella hebertiana (d'Orbigny, 1850)
• Patella lugubris Gmelin, 1791^[9]
• † Patella mahamensis Martín-González, 2018
• † Patella matheyi De Loriol in De Loriol & Koby, 1890
• † Patella maxoratensis Martín-González & Vera-Peláez, 2018
• † Patella nelsonensis Trechmann, 1918
• Patella ordinaria Mabille, 1888
• Patella pellucida Linnaeus, 1758^[10]
• Patella piperata Gould, 1846^[11]
• † Patella protea Doderlein, 1862
• Patella rangiana Rochebrune, 1882^[12]
• Patella rustica Linnaeus, 1758^[13]
• Patella skelettensis Massier, 2009^[14]
• † Patella staceata Gründel, Hostettler & Menkveld-Gfeller, 2020
• Patella swakopmundensis Massier, 2009^[15]
• Patella tenuis Gmelin, 1791
• † Patella tintina Martín-González & Vera-Peláez, 2018
• Patella ulyssiponensis Gmelin, 1791 - synonyms: Patella aspera Lamarck, 1819; Patella athletica Bean, 1844^[16]
• Patella variabilisKrauss, 1848
• Patella vulgata Linnaeus, 1758^[17]

• Limpet

This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference.^[5]

• Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition, vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae]
• Sowerby, G. B., II (1839). A Conchological Manual. G. B. Sowerby, London, v, 130 pp., 24 pls
• Pallary, P. (1912). Catalogue des mollusques du littoral méditerranéen de l'Egypte. Mémoires de l'Institut d'Egypte. 7(3): 69-207, pls 15-18.
• Monterosato, T. A. di. (1884). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee. Virzi, printed for the Author, Palermo, 152 pp.
• Christiaens J. (1973). Révision du genre Patella. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris (3)Zoologie 121: 1305-1392
• Powell, A. W. B. (1973). The patellid limpets of the world (Patellidae). Indo-Pacific Mollusca. 3(15): 75-206

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