WoRMS taxon details
Cellana testudinaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
325464 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325464)
accepted
Species
Helcioniscus mestayeri Suter, 1906 · unaccepted
Patella testudinaria Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine
(of Patella testudinaria Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Cellana testudinaria (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325464 on 2026-05-15
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Patella testudinaria Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Helcioniscus mestayeri Suter, 1906) Suter, H. (1906). Notes on New Zealand Mollusca, with descriptions of new species and subspecies. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 38: 316–333.</em>
page(s): 322 [details]
basis of record 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., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eym001 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]original description (of Helcioniscus mestayeri Suter, 1906) Suter, H. (1906). Notes on New Zealand Mollusca, with descriptions of new species and subspecies. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 38: 316–333.</em>
page(s): 322 [details]
basis of record 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., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eym001 [details] Available for editors
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context source (HKRMS)
Tsi, C. Y. & Ma, S. T. (1982). A preliminary checklist of the marine gastropoda and Bivalvia (Mollusca) of Hong Kong and southern China. In: Proceedings of the first international marine biological workshop: The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China (ed. Morton, B.), vol. 1, pp431-458. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. [details]
additional source Powell, A. W. B. (1973). The patellid limpets of the world (Patellidae). <em>Indo-Pacific Mollusca.</em> 3(15): 75-206., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46312984 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Sasaki T. (2017). Family Nacellidae. Pp. 739-740, in: T. Okutani (ed.), <i>Marine Mollusks in Japan</i>, ed. 2. 2 vols. Tokai University Press. 1375 pp. [details]
additional source Yokogawa, K. (2015). Growth-related Conchological Changes in the Japanese True Limpets of the Family Nacellidae. <em>Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan).</em> 72 (1-4): 29-48. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database. , available online at http://clade.ansp.org/obis/ [details]
additional source Powell, A. W. B. (1973). The patellid limpets of the world (Patellidae). <em>Indo-Pacific Mollusca.</em> 3(15): 75-206., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46312984 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Sasaki T. (2017). Family Nacellidae. Pp. 739-740, in: T. Okutani (ed.), <i>Marine Mollusks in Japan</i>, ed. 2. 2 vols. Tokai University Press. 1375 pp. [details]
additional source Yokogawa, K. (2015). Growth-related Conchological Changes in the Japanese True Limpets of the Family Nacellidae. <em>Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan).</em> 72 (1-4): 29-48. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database. , available online at http://clade.ansp.org/obis/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | オオベッコウガサ | [details] |
To ANSP Malacology Collection in GBIF (catalog no. 38980)
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cellana testudinaria)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Patella testudinaria Linnaeus, 1758)
To Malacopics (Cellana testudinaria (Linnaeus, 1758) Taiwan, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.001625; Helcioniscus mestayerae Suter, 1906; holotype) (from synonym Helcioniscus mestayeri Suter, 1906)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cellana testudinaria)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Patella testudinaria Linnaeus, 1758)
To Malacopics (Cellana testudinaria (Linnaeus, 1758) Taiwan, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.001625; Helcioniscus mestayerae Suter, 1906; holotype) (from synonym Helcioniscus mestayeri Suter, 1906)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally
Hosted externally, from synonym
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
