MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Patella vulgata Linnaeus, 1758

WoRMS taxon details

Patella vulgata Linnaeus, 1758

To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-5007)

AphiaID

140685 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140685)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Typetaxon of

Patella Linnaeus, 1758

Parent

Patella Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Patella vulgata Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Patella conica Anton, 1838 · unaccepted (synonym)

Patella hypsilotera Locard, 1891 · unaccepted (synonym)

Patella radiata Perry, 1811 · unaccepted (synonym)

Patella servaini Mabille, 1888 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Patella vulgata var. aurea Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1906 · unaccepted (synonym)

Patella vulgata var. communis T. Brown, 1844 · unaccepted (synonym)

Patella vulgata var. elevata Jeffreys, 1865 · unaccepted (synonym)

Patella vulgata var. major Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1906 · unaccepted (synonym)

Patella vulgata var. secernenda Dautzenberg, 1887 · unaccepted (synonym)

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Forma Patella vulgata f. nacrina De Gregorio, 1884 accepted as Patella caerulea Linnaeus, 1758
Variety Patella vulgata var. albula De Gregorio, 1884 accepted as Patella ulyssiponensis Gmelin, 1791 (synonym)
Variety Patella vulgata var. aurea Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1906 accepted as Patella vulgata Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
Variety Patella vulgata var. cimbulata De Gregorio, 1884 accepted as Patella ulyssiponensis Gmelin, 1791 (synonym)
Variety Patella vulgata var. comina De Gregorio, 1884 accepted as Patella ulyssiponensis Gmelin, 1791 (synonym)
Variety Patella vulgata var. communis T. Brown, 1844 accepted as Patella vulgata Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
Variety Patella vulgata var. debilis Pallary, 1920 accepted as Patella depressa Pennant, 1777 (synonym)
Variety Patella vulgata var. depressaspera De Gregorio, 1884 accepted as Patella ulyssiponensis Gmelin, 1791 (synonym)
Variety Patella vulgata var. elevata Jeffreys, 1865 accepted as Patella vulgata Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
Variety Patella vulgata var. intermedia Murray, 1857 accepted as Patella depressa Pennant, 1777 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Variety Patella vulgata var. major Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1906 accepted as Patella vulgata Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
Variety Patella vulgata var. picta Jeffreys, 1865 accepted as Patella depressa Pennant, 1777 (synonym)
Variety Patella vulgata var. secernenda Dautzenberg, 1887 accepted as Patella vulgata Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)

Environment

marine

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 782 (sp. nr 664) [details] Available for editors

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Descriptive notes

Distribution Al the specimens in the samples of the Belgian coasts were determined as P. vulgata , probably there are a few...

Distribution Al the specimens in the samples of the Belgian coasts were determined as P. vulgata , probably there are a few misidentifications: also present P. depressa and P. aspera . [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Patella vulgata Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140685 on 2025-03-30

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 782 (sp. nr 664) [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Patella conica Anton, 1838) Anton, H. E. (1838). Verzeichniss der Conchylien welche sich in der Sammlung von Herrmann Eduard Anton befinden. Herausgegeben von dem Besitzer. Halle: Anton. xvi + 110 pp. [Title page dated 1839, but volume actually published in 1838; see Cernohorsky, 1978, The Veliger 20(3): 299]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11967421 [details]

original description (of Patella hypsilotera Locard, 1891) Locard, A. (1891). Les coquilles marines des côtes de France. Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon. 37: 1-385 [Published 31 October 1891; also published by Baillière as a book in 1892]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54577547
page(s): 226 [details]

original description (of Patella radiata Perry, 1811) Perry, G. (1811). Conchology, or the natural history of shells: containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings executed from the natural specimens, and including the latest discoveries. W. Miller, London, 4 pp. + 61 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41764832 [details]

original description (of Patella vulgata var. elevata Jeffreys, 1865) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). British conchology. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 237 [details]

original description (of Patella vulgata var. secernenda Dautzenberg, 1887) Dautzenberg, P. (1887). Une excursion malacologique à Saint-Lunaire (Ille-et-Vilaine) et aux environs de cette localité. Bulletin de la Société d'études scientifiques de Paris. 9(2): 96-122 [reprint 1-27]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60785491 [details]

original description (of Patella vulgata var. aurea Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1906) Dautzenberg, Ph.; Durouchoux, P. (1906). Supplément à la faune malacologique des environs de Saint-Malo. Feuille jeunes nat. 36: 39-45, 53-60, 73-77 (look up in IMIS) [details]

original description (of Patella vulgata var. major Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1906) Dautzenberg, Ph.; Durouchoux, P. (1906). Supplément à la faune malacologique des environs de Saint-Malo. Feuille jeunes nat. 36: 39-45, 53-60, 73-77 (look up in IMIS) [details]

original description (of Patella vulgata var. communis T. Brown, 1844) Brown T. (1844). Illustrations of the Recent Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland, with the description and localities of all the species, marine, land, and fresh water. Ed. 2. London: Smith, Elder & Co. Drawn and Coloured from Nature. Second Edition, Greatly Enlarged. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10921172 [details]

original description (of Patella servaini Mabille, 1888) Mabille, J. (1888). De quelques coquilles nouvelles. Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris. ser. 7, 12 (2): 73-82., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31963950
page(s): 80-81 [details]

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

Ecology

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]

Other

context source (Schelde) Maris, T., O. Beauchard, S. Van Damme, E. Van den Bergh, S. Wijnhoven & P. Meire. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. [Reference matrices and Ecotope areas Annex to the Evaluation methodology Scheldt estuary Study on “Ecotope areas and intactness index”. Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke. 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

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. [details] Available for editors

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additional source Koufopanou, V., Reid, D.G., Ridgeway, S.A., & Thomas, R.H. (1999). A molecular phylogeny of the patellid limpets (Gastropoda: Patellidae) and its implications for the origins of their antitropical distribution. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 11(1): 138-156., available online at https://doi.org/10.1006/mpev.1998.0557 [details]

additional source Vanderperren, J.-P. (1991). Natural History Archive [Natuurhistorisch Archief]. De Strandvlo 11(4): 101-108 (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 106 [details]

additional source Issel, A. (1865). Catalogo dei molluschi raccolti dalla missione italiana in Persia aggiuntavi la descrizione delle specie nuove o poco note. Stamperia Reale, Torino, 55 pp, pls 1-3., available online at http://www.internetculturale.it/it/16/search/viewresource?id=oai:www.sba.unifi.it:12:IC0003:RMR0024873&case=&instanceName=mag&descSource=Biblioteca%20digitale&descSourceLevel2=SBA%20-%20Firenze
page(s): 26 [details]

additional source Degner, E. (1933). Limpets bored by predacious gastropods?. The Nautilus. 46(3): 103., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8519458 [details]

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Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unreviewed

Definitions

Language	Name
Danish	albueskæl	[details]
Dutch	tepelhoedjeschaalhorenschaalhoorngewone schaalhorengewone schaalhooren	[details]
English	common limpetcommon European limpetAtlantic limpet	[details]
French	patelle de l'Atlantiquepatelle communebernique	[details]
German	Gewöhnliche Napfschneckegemeine Napfschnecke	[details]
Norwegian Bokmål	albusnegl	[details]
Norwegian Nynorsk	olbogesnigel	[details]
Portuguese	lapa	[details]
Spanish	lapa	[details]
Swedish	stor skålsnäcka	[details]