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

Patella vulgata Linnaeus, 1758

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 conica*	Anton, 1838	synonym
*Patella hypsilotera*	Locard, 1892	synonym
*Patella radiata*	Perry, 1811	synonym
*Patella vulgata var. aurea*	Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1906	synonym
*Patella vulgata var. communis*	Brown, 1844	synonym
*Patella vulgata var. elevata*	Jeffreys, 1865	synonym
*Patella vulgata var. major*	Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1906	synonym
*Patella vulgata var. secernenda*	Dautzenberg, 1887	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

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

Dutch: gewone schaalhoren; schaalhoorn; schaalhoren; tepelhoedje sources: Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp.;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;Eneman, E. (1984). Uit het Natuurhistorisch Archief [From the Natural History Archive]. De Strandvlo 4(1): 4-17;Davidson, A. (2001). North Atlantic fish cookbook [Noord-Atlantisch viskookboek]. Scepter: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-72653-14-9. 556 pp.

English: common limpet sources: Lindner, G. (1999). Schelpengids: schelpen uit de wereldzeeën, vorm, voorkomen, systematiek [The shell guide: shells from the world oceans, shape, distribution and systematics]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-409-3. 320 pp.

English-United States: Common Limpet sources: Charles Hussey

French: patelle commune sources: Leewis, R. (2002). Flora en fauna van de zee [Marine flora and fauna]. Veldgids, 16. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-153-X. 320 pp.

German: gemeine Napfschnecke sources: Lindner, G. (1999). Schelpengids: schelpen uit de wereldzeeën, vorm, voorkomen, systematiek [The shell guide: shells from the world oceans, shape, distribution and systematics]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-409-3. 320 pp.

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

Norwegian Bokmål: albusnegl sources: Syst. Naturae ed. 10: 782

Norwegian Nynorsk: olbogesnigel sources: Syst. Naturae ed. 10: 782

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

Portuguese: lapa sources: Davidson, A. (2001). North Atlantic fish cookbook [Noord-Atlantisch viskookboek]. Scepter: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-72653-14-9. 556 pp.

Spanish, Castillian: lapa sources: Davidson, A. (2001). North Atlantic fish cookbook [Noord-Atlantisch viskookboek]. Scepter: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-72653-14-9. 556 pp.

Swedish: stor skålsnäcka

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.
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	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 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].
additional source	Vanderperren, J.-P. (1991). Natural History Archive [Natuurhistorisch Archief]. De Strandvlo 11(4): 101-108
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

Genbank

Taxonomy

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External Links

Barcode of Life (17 barcodes)
Marine Life Information Network - UK
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Biodiversity Heritage Library (630 publications)
GenBank (141 nucleotides; 112 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Patella vulgata Linnaeus, 1758. 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:140685