Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Patellogastropoda > Superfamily Patelloidea > Family Patellidae > Genus Patella

Patella ferruginea Gmelin, 1791

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Patella*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name
*Ansates*	G. B. Sowerby II, 1839	synonym
*Helcion (Ansates)*	Sowerby, 1839	synonym
*Patina*	Gray, 1847	synonym

Species group names

*Patella costosoplicata*	Mörch, 1853	synonym
*Patella cypria*	Gmelin, 1791	synonym
*Patella ferruginea var. ficarazzensis*	de Gregorio, 1884	synonym
*Patella ferruginea var. imperatoria*	de Gregorio, 1884	synonym
*Patella ferruginea var. percostata*	de Gregorio, 1884	synonym
*Patella ferruginea var. sitta*	de Gregorio, 1884	synonym
*Patella lamarckii*	Payraudeau, 1826	synonym
*Patella lampedusensis*	de Gregorio, 1884	synonym
*Patella luteola*	Lamarck, 1819	synonym
*Patella medusa*	Röding, 1798	synonym
*Patella pyramidata*	Lamarck, 1819	synonym
*Patella rouxii*	Payraudeau, 1826	synonym
*Patella stella*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Patella turtonia*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Patella vespertina*	Risso, 1826	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bulgarian: sredizemnomorskа kitаyskа shаpchitsа; Средиземноморска китайска шапчица sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Σιδηροπεταλίδα sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: patella ferrosa sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: rudoji patela sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: lapa ferruginosa

Literature

original description	Gmelin, J.F. (1791) Vermes. In Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Editio Decima Tertia, Aucta Reformata. Tome 1, Pars 6 (Vermes). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig], pp. 3021-3910.
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
additional source	Nakano T. & Ozawa T. (2007). Worldwide phylogeography of limpets of the order Patellogastropoda: molecular, morphological and paleontological evidence. Journal of Molluscan Studies 73(1): 79–99.
additional source	Guallart J., Calvo M., Acevedo I., & Templado J. (2013). Two-way sex change in the endangered limpet Patella ferruginea (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Invertebrate Reproduction & Development, 57(3), 247-253.
additional source	Koufopanou et al (1999). A molecular phylogeny of the patellid limpets (Gastropoda: Patellidae) and its implications for the origins of their antitropical distribution Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 11(1):138-156
additional source	Guerra-Garcı́a J.M., Corzo J., Espinosa F. & Garcı́a-Gómez J.C. (2004). Assessing habitat use of the endangered marine mollusc Patella ferruginea (Gastropoda, Patellidae) in northern Africa: preliminary results and implications for conservation. Biological Conservation, 116(3): 319-326.

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (83 nucleotides; 61 proteins)
Barcode of Life (51 barcodes)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Biodiversity Heritage Library (71 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Patella ferruginea. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140679