Rustic limpet | |
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Patella rustica on rocks | |
ventral view of Patella rustica | |
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(unranked): | clade Patellogastropoda |
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Species: | P. rustica |
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Patella rustica | |
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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]
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