Patella ferruginea

Patella ferruginea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Patellogastropoda
Superfamily:	Patelloidea
Family:	Patellidae
Genus:	Patella
Species:	P. ferruginea
Binomial name
Patella ferruginea Gmelin, 1791
Synonyms[1]
Patella costosoplicata Mörch, 1853 Patella cypria Gmelin, 1791 Patella ferruginea var. ficarazzensis de Gregorio, 1884 Patella ferruginea var. imperatoria de Gregorio, 1884 Patella ferruginea var. percostata de Gregorio, 1884 Patella ferruginea var. sitta de Gregorio, 1884 Patella lamarckii Payraudeau, 1826 Patella lampedusensis de Gregorio, 1884 Patella luteola Lamarck, 1819 Patella medusa Röding, 1798 Patella pyramidata Lamarck, 1819 Patella rouxii Payraudeau, 1826 Patella stella Risso, 1826 Patella turtonia Risso, 1826 Patella vespertina Risso, 1826 (dubious synonym)

Patella ferruginea, common name Ribbed Mediterranean Limpet^[2] 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]

References

1. Patella ferruginea Gmelin, 1791.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 April 2010.
2. http://www.manandmollusc.net/molluscan_food_files/molluscan_food_6.html

• Gmelin, J.F. (1791) Vermes. In Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Editio Decima Tertia, Aucta Reformata. Tome 1, Pars 6 (Vermes). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig, pp. 3021-3910]

Patella ferruginea, ventral view

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