| Rustic limpet | |
|---|---|
| |
| Patella rustica on rocks | |
| |
| ventral view of Patella rustica | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Patellogastropoda |
| Family: | Patellidae |
| Genus: | Patella |
| Species: |
P. rustica
|
| Binomial name | |
| Patella rustica | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
| |
Patella rustica, the Lusitanian limpet[2]orrustic limpet[3] is a speciesofsea 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]
![[icon]](https://akarinohon.com/text/taketori.cgi/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg){kind=small} |
This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (April 2010)
|
|
This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (April 2010)
|
|
Edible mollusks
| |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bivalves |
| ||||||||||||||||||
| Gastropods |
| ||||||||||||||||||
| Inkfish |
| ||||||||||||||||||
| Chitons |
| ||||||||||||||||||
| Related topics |
| ||||||||||||||||||
| Patella rustica |
|
|---|---|
 | This Patellidae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
