WoRMS taxon details

Tectura virginea (O. F. Müller, 1776)

153552  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:153552)

accepted
Species
Acmaea (Tectura) virginea (O. F. Müller, 1776) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
Acmaea virginea (O. F. Müller, 1776) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Lottia virginea (O. F. Müller, 1776) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
Patella pulchella Forbes, 1835 · unaccepted (synonym; invalid: junior homonym...)  
synonym; invalid: junior homonym of Patella pulchella Blainville, 1825
Patella virginea O. F. Müller, 1776 · unaccepted (original combination)
Patelloidea virginea (O. F. Müller, 1776) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
Tectura unicolor (Forbes, 1844) · unaccepted (a junior synonym)

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(of Patella virginea O. F. Müller, 1776) Müller, O. F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum: characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. <em>Typis Hallagerii, Havni, Copenhagen.</em> 282 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): 237 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
Distribution Eastern Atlantic, from Svalbard and Norway to Morocco, and the Mediterranean; also Canary Is., Madeira and the Azores,...  
Distribution Eastern Atlantic, from Svalbard and Norway to Morocco, and the Mediterranean; also Canary Is., Madeira and the Azores, (from shore to ca. 50 m). Gorringe, Ampère and Seine seamounts (moderately common in 70-325 m), Josephine seamount (rare in 200-222 m, probably subfossil) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Tectura virginea (O. F. Müller, 1776). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=153552 on 2024-03-19
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2005-04-15 07:47:28Z
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2010-02-11 14:51:37Z
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original description  (of Patella parva da Costa, 1778) Da Costa, E. M. (1778). <i>Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, the British conchology</i>; containing the descriptions and other particulars of natural history of the shells of Great Britain and Ireland: illustrated with figures. In English and French. - Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, ou, la conchologie Britannique; contenant les descriptions & autres particularités d'histoire naturelle des coquilles de la Grande Bretagne & de l'Irlande: avec figures en taille douce. En anglois & françois. i-xii, 1-254, i-vii, [1], Pl. I-XVII. London. (Millan, White, Emsley & Robson). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13116783
page(s): 7, pl. 8 fig. 11 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Lottia unicolor Forbes, 1844) Forbes E. (1844). Report on the Mollusca and Radiata of the Aegean sea, and on their distribution, considered as bearing on geology. <em>Reports of the British Association for the Advancement of Science for 1843.</em> 130-193., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12920789
page(s): 188 [details]   

original description  (of Patella virginea O. F. Müller, 1776) Müller, O. F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum: characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. <em>Typis Hallagerii, Havni, Copenhagen.</em> 282 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): 237 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Patella pulchella Forbes, 1835) Forbes E. (1835). Records of the results of dredging No. 2 including notices of species of Patella, Buccinum and of Lima. <em>Magazine of natural history and journal of zoology, botany, mineralogy, geology and meteorology.</em> 8: 591-594., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2335679
page(s): 591, fig. 61, 61a [details]   

original description  (of Tectura virginea var. lactea Jeffreys, 1865) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). <i>British conchology</i>. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 269 [details]   

original description  (of Tectura virginea var. conica Jeffreys, 1865) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). <i>British conchology</i>. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 269 [details]   

basis of record Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Nakano T. & Ozawa T. (2007). Worldwide phylogeography of limpets of the order Patellogastropoda: molecular, morphological and paleontological evidence. <i>Journal of Molluscan Studies</i> 73(1): 79–99. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Golikov, A. N.; Kussakin, O. G. (1978). Shell-bearing gastropods of the intertidal zone of the seas of the USSR. [Голиков А.Н., Кусакин О.Г. 1978. Раковинные брюхоногие моллюски литорали морей СССР. Определители по фауне СССР, издаваемые Зоологическим институтом АН СССР, 116: 292 с.]. <em>Opredeliteli po faune SSSR, izdavayemye Zoologicheskim Institutom AN SSSR.</em> 116: 1-292 [In Russian]., available online at http://ashipunov.info/shipunov/school/books/golikov1978_rakov_brjukh_litorali_morei_sssr.djvu
page(s): 39 [details]   

additional source Landau B.M., Van Dingenen F. & Ceulemans L. (2017). The upper Miocene gastropods of northwestern France, 1. Patellogastropoda and Vetigastropoda. <em>Cainozoic Research.</em> 17(2): 75-166. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Biology Type of larval development: short planktonic, non-planktotrophic [details]

Diagnosis Shell 10-12 mm long, with apex situated at 1/4 from anterior end but not overhanging and not curled up. Outer surface smooth except for growth lines. Colour pink with blurry darker ray and indistinct whitish blotches.

Shells of this species may easily be confused with the pulmonate Williamia gussonii (Costa, 1829), which differs in having a more curved profile, with the apex commonly curled up towards the anterior edge and displaying a small spiral protoconch which is never conserved in adult Tectura. The colour is also different, more brownish in Williamia with more distinct rays and no whitish blotches. The animals are markedly different, Tectura with slender cephalic tentacles and Williamia with broad, fringe-like lappets instead. [details]

Distribution Eastern Atlantic, from Svalbard and Norway to Morocco, and the Mediterranean; also Canary Is., Madeira and the Azores, (from shore to ca. 50 m). Gorringe, Ampère and Seine seamounts (moderately common in 70-325 m), Josephine seamount (rare in 200-222 m, probably subfossil) [details]

From other sources
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
LanguageName 
Danish stribet albueskæl  [details]
Dutch schoteltje [from synonym]roze schotelhorengewone schotelhoren  [details]
English white tortoiseshell limpet  [details]
German Weiße SchildkrötenschneckeWeiße SchildkrötenNapfschneckeKlippkleberJungfräuliche Napfschnecke  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål jomfrusnegl  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk jomfrusnigel  [details]
Swedish jungfruskålsnäcka  [details]