WoRMS name details
Acmaea testudinalis (O. F. Müller, 1776)
153536 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:153536)
unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
Species
- Subspecies Acmaea testudinalis schrenckii (Lischke, 1868) accepted as Nipponacmea schrenckii (Lischke, 1868) (unaccepted combination)
- Subspecies Acmaea testudinalis scutum Rathke, 1833 accepted as Lottia scutum (Rathke, 1833) (unaccepted combination)
- Variety Acmaea testudinalis var. minor Grabau & S. G. King, 1928 accepted as Patelloida pygmaea (Dunker, 1860)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Patella testudinalis O. F. Müller, 1776) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum characters, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. <em>Typis Hallageriis, Havniae.</em> 32: 1-282., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Acmaea testudinalis (O. F. Müller, 1776). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=153536 on 2025-09-10
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Nomenclature
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(of Patella testudinalis O. F. Müller, 1776) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum characters, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. <em>Typis Hallageriis, Havniae.</em> 32: 1-282., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550 [details]
basis of record Winkley, H. W. (1902). New England marine collecting. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 16(2): 14-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1754287
page(s): 15 [details]
basis of record Winkley, H. W. (1902). New England marine collecting. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 16(2): 14-15., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1754287
page(s): 15 [details]
Other
additional source
Jackson, H., Jr. (1907). The differences between the two New England species of <i>Acmaea</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 21(1): 1-5, pl. 2, figs. 1-4, text-figures 5-6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3665939
page(s): 1-5, pl. 2, fig. 1, text-figures 5-6 [details]
additional source Johnson, C. W. (1928). A review of the New England limpets. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 41(4): 109-117., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8519840
page(s): 110-112 [details]
additional source Nylander, O. O. (1928). <i>Acmaea testudinalis</i> Müll. in Cabscook Bay, Eastport, Maine. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 42(2): 38-39., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8518815 [details]
additional source Johnson, C. W. (1929). <i>Acmaea testudinalis</i> (Müll.). <em>The Nautilus.</em> 42(3): 103., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8518888 [details]
page(s): 1-5, pl. 2, fig. 1, text-figures 5-6 [details]
additional source Johnson, C. W. (1928). A review of the New England limpets. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 41(4): 109-117., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8519840
page(s): 110-112 [details]
additional source Nylander, O. O. (1928). <i>Acmaea testudinalis</i> Müll. in Cabscook Bay, Eastport, Maine. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 42(2): 38-39., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8518815 [details]
additional source Johnson, C. W. (1929). <i>Acmaea testudinalis</i> (Müll.). <em>The Nautilus.</em> 42(3): 103., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8518888 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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