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| (unranked): | clade Patellogastropoda |
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| Species: | P. caerulea |
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Patella caerulea, is a species of limpet in the family Patellidae. It is known by the common names Mediterranean limpet and rayed Mediterranean limpet. [1] It is native to the Mediterranean Sea. [1]
The size of the shell varies between 20 mm and 72 mm.
The thin shell is depressed, spreading, usually more or less distinctly 6 or 7 angled. The riblets rather fine and notably unequal. [2]
This species occurs in the Mediterranean Sea; in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands, Madeira and the Azores.
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