WoRMS taxon details
Cymbula compressa (Linnaeus, 1758)
456659 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:456659)
accepted
Species
Patella (Cymbula) compressa Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Patella compressa Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Patella compressa 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
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Note Unknown (not stated in the original description)
Type locality Unknown (not stated in the original description) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Cymbula compressa (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456659 on 2026-05-22
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Patella compressa 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
page(s): 783 [details] Available for editors [request]
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]
page(s): 783 [details] Available for editors
[request]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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Koufopanou, V., Reid, D.G., Ridgeway, S.A., & Thomas, R.H. (1999). A molecular phylogeny of the patellid limpets (Gastropoda: Patellidae) and its implications for the origins of their antitropical distribution. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 11(1): 138-156., available online at https://doi.org/10.1006/mpev.1998.0557 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality Unknown (not stated in the original description) [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | kelp limpet [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (21 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (110 publications) (from synonym Patella compressa Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cymbula compressa)
To GenBank (34 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (34 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Patella compressa Linnaeus, 1758)
To Malacopics (Cymbula compressa (Linnaeus, 1758) South Africa, Western Cape, Danger Point, by divi...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Patella compressa Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (110 publications) (from synonym Patella compressa Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cymbula compressa)
To GenBank (34 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (34 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Patella compressa Linnaeus, 1758)
To Malacopics (Cymbula compressa (Linnaeus, 1758) South Africa, Western Cape, Danger Point, by divi...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Patella compressa Linnaeus, 1758)
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