Patella rustica

Rustic limpet
Patella rustica on rocks
ventral view of Patella rustica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Patellogastropoda
Family:	Patellidae
Genus:	Patella
Species:	P. rustica
Binomial name
Patella rustica Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms [1]
Patella gorgonicada Costa, 1771 Patella lusitanicaGmelin 1791 Patella lusitanica var. minorMarion, 1883 Patella nigropunctataReeve, 1854 Patella politaRisso, 1826 Patella punctataLamarck, 1819 Patella punctulataGmelin, 1791 (dubious synonym) Patella rustica var. maroccanaPallary, 1920 Patella rustica var. orientalisPallary, 1938 Patella squamataRöding, 1798 Patella subgranularisde Blainville, 1825 Patella variabilisRisso, 1826

Patella rustica, the Lusitanian limpet ^[2] or rustic limpet ^[3] is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Patellidae, one of the families of true limpets. ^[1] It is a rocky shore intertidal mollusc found throughout the Mediterranean and the north-east Atlantic from Mauritania to southern France. ^[4]

References

1. Patella rustica Linnaeus, 1758 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 8 April 2010.
2. "Patella rustica Linnaeus, 1758". Catalogue of Life . Retrieved 13 June 2021.
3. "Edible Molluscs Page 6". Archived from the original on 23 March 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
4. Ribeiro, Pedro A.; Branco, Madalena; Hawkins, Stephen J.; Santos, António M. (2010). "Recent changes in the distribution of a marine gastropod, Patella rustica, across the Iberian Atlantic coast did not result in diminished genetic diversity or increased connectivity" . Sigarra.up.pt (in Portuguese). 37 (9): 1782. Bibcode:2010JBiog..37.1782R. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02330.x. S2CID   84021233 . Retrieved 13 June 2021.

• 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 Archived 13 June 2017 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Somali.asso.fr: Patella rustica