MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Patella caeca O. F. Müller, 1776

WoRMS name details

Patella caeca O. F. Müller, 1776

AphiaID

147461 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:147461)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (original combination)

Accepted Name

Lepeta caeca (O. F. Müller, 1776)

Rank

Species

Typetaxon of

Cryptobranchia Middendorff, 1851
Lepeta Gray, 1842
Patella (Cryptobranchia) Middendorff, 1851

Parent

Patella Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Patella caeca O. F. Müller, 1776

Direct children (2)

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Variety Patella caeca var. concentrica Middendorff, 1848 accepted as Cryptobranchia concentrica (Middendorff, 1848) accepted as Lepeta concentrica (Middendorff, 1848) (original combination)
Variety Patella caeca var. genuina Middendorff, 1848 accepted as Lepeta caeca (O. F. Müller, 1776) (a junior synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum: characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodrome of Danish Zoology, or the Native Animals of Denmark and Norway: the characters, names, and synonyms of the most popular ones.]. Typis Hallagerii, Havni, Copenhagen. 282 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Patella caeca O. F. Müller, 1776. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=147461 on 2025-04-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-03-15 09:13:06Z

created

Claus, Simon

2006-03-22 11:56:18Z

changed

Vandepitte, Leen

2013-01-06 07:22:58Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2020-10-21 08:13:23Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum: characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodrome of Danish Zoology, or the Native Animals of Denmark and Norway: the characters, names, and synonyms of the most popular ones.]. Typis Hallagerii, Havni, Copenhagen. 282 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550 [details]

basis of record Smith, S.M.; Heppell, D. (1991). Checklist of the British marine Mollusca. [details]

To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To PESI