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

Patella caerulea 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 alba*	da Costa, 1771	synonym
*Patella alba*	Anton, 1838	synonym
*Patella calicula*	Li Chang, 1930	synonym
*Patella cancellata*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Patella favaniana*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Patella fragilis*	Philippi, 1836	synonym
*Patella grisea*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Patella grisea*	de Blainville, 1825	synonym
*Patella hellespontiana*	Monterosato, 1888	synonym
*Patella margaritacea*	Gmelin, 1791	synonym
*Patella nacrina*	de Gregorio, 1884	synonym
*Patella richelmia*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Patella riparia*	Nardo, 1847	synonym
*Patella scutellina*	Locard, 1892	synonym
*Patella silicina*	Röding, 1798	synonym
*Patella squama*	de Blainville, 1825	synonym
*Patella subplana*	Potiez & Michaud, 1838	synonym
*Patella vulgata var. plumbea*	Röding, 1798	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: kupa blu sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

English: Mediterranean limpet; rayed Mediterranean limpet sources: Hayward, P.J.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1996). Collins pocket guide: sea shore of Britain and Europe. Collins pocket guides. Harper-Collins Publishers: London, UK. ISBN 0-00-219955-6. 352 pp.

Greek: Πεταλίδα

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	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	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

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USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Biodiversity Heritage Library (73 publications)
GenBank (81 nucleotides; 47 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Patella caerulea. 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:140677