Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Patellogastropoda > Superfamily Lottioidea > Family Lottiidae > Genus Tectura

Tectura virginea (O. F. Müller, 1776)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Tectura*	Gray, 1847	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Patella virginea*	O. F. Müller, 1776	basionym
*Acmaea virginea*	(Müller O. F., 1776)	synonym
*Lottia unicolor*	Forbes, 1844	synonym
*Patella parva*	da Costa, 1778	synonym
*Patella pulchella*	Forbes, 1835	synonym
*Patella virginea*	O. F. Müller, 1776	synonym
*Tectura virginea var. conica*	Jeffreys, 1865	synonym
*Tectura virginea var. lactea*	Jeffreys, 1865	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): jomfrusnegl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: stribet albueskæl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: gewone schotelhoren

English: white tortoiseshell limpet sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: White Tortoiseshell Limpet sources: Charles Hussey

Norwegian: jomfrusnegl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: jomfrusnegl sources: Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus: ??

Norwegian Nynorsk: jomfrusnigel sources: Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus: ??

Nynorsk (Norwegian): jomfrusnigel sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: jungfruskålsnäcka

Literature

original description	Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologica Danicae Prodromus seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum characters, nomine, et synonyma imprimis popularium. Havniae. XXXII, 274 pp.
basis of record	Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp.
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	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (101 publications)
Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
GenBank (9 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Tectura virginea (O. F. Müller, 1776). 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:153552