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

Cymbula safiana (Lamarck, 1819)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Patella Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cymbula*	H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854	accepted genus name
*Laevipatella*	Pallary, 1920	synonym
*Patella (Cymbula)*	H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854	synonym
*Patella (Laevipatella)*	Pallary, 1920	synonym

Species group names

*Cymbula nigra*	(da Costa, 1771)	synonym
*Patella albida*	Mörch, 1853	synonym
*Patella algira*	Deshayes, 1840	synonym
*Patella conspicua*	R. A. Philippi, 1849	synonym
*Patella guineensis*	Gmelin, 1791	synonym
*Patella kraussii*	Dunker, 1853	synonym
*Patella nigra*	da Costa, 1771	synonym
*Patella plumbea*	Lamarck, 1819	synonym
*Patella safiana var. elevata*	Pallary, 1900	synonym
*Patella squamata*	Gmelin, 1791	synonym

Literature

basis of record	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, 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.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cymbula safiana (Lamarck, 1819). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:456662