WoRMS taxon details
Cymbula miniata (Born, 1778)
456660 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:456660)
accepted
Species
Cymbula adansonii (Dunker, 1853) · unaccepted
Patella adansonii Dunker, 1853 · unaccepted (synonym)
Patella becki W. H. Turton, 1933 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Patella denseplicata W. H. Turton, 1932 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Patella miniata Born, 1778 · unaccepted
Patella miniata miniata (Born, 1778) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Patella miniata var. decorata W. H. Turton, 1932 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Patella pulchella W. H. Turton, 1932 · unaccepted (invalid: junior primary homonym...)
invalid: junior primary homonym of Patella pulchella Blainville, 1825, and Forbes, 1835; Patella becki W. H. Turton, 1933 is a replacement name
marine
(of Patella miniata Born, 1778) Born, I. von. (1778). <i>Index rerum naturalium Musei Cæsarei Vindobonensis</i>. Pars I.ma. Testacea. Verzeichniß der natürlichen Seltenheiten des k. k. Naturalien Cabinets zu Wien. Erster Theil. Schalthiere. [1-40], 1-458, [1-82]. Vindobonae [Vienna]: Kraus. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43890
page(s): 436 [details]
page(s): 436 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Cymbula miniata (Born, 1778). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456660 on 2026-11-13
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Patella miniata Born, 1778) Born, I. von. (1778). <i>Index rerum naturalium Musei Cæsarei Vindobonensis</i>. Pars I.ma. Testacea. Verzeichniß der natürlichen Seltenheiten des k. k. Naturalien Cabinets zu Wien. Erster Theil. Schalthiere. [1-40], 1-458, [1-82]. Vindobonae [Vienna]: Kraus. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43890
page(s): 436 [details]
original description (of Patella adansonii Dunker, 1853) Dunker, W. (1853). <i>Index molluscorum, quae in itinere ad Guineam inferiorem collegit Georgius Tams Med. Dr.</i>. Cassel, Th. Fischer, vi + 74 pp., 10 pl. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50134 [details]
original description (of Patella miniata var. decorata W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932]. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 169, pl. 39, sp. 1199. [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Patella pulchella W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932]. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 169, pl. 39, sp. 1200. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Patella denseplicata W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932]. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 169, pl. 39, sp. 1205. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Patella becki W. H. Turton, 1933) Turton, W. H. (1933). Errata [to: The marine shells of Port Alfred, South Africa. Humphrey Milford, London.]. 1 p. [published 14 February 1933]. [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): 436 [details]
original description (of Patella adansonii Dunker, 1853) Dunker, W. (1853). <i>Index molluscorum, quae in itinere ad Guineam inferiorem collegit Georgius Tams Med. Dr.</i>. Cassel, Th. Fischer, vi + 74 pp., 10 pl. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50134 [details]
original description (of Patella miniata var. decorata W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932]. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 169, pl. 39, sp. 1199. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Patella pulchella W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932]. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 169, pl. 39, sp. 1200. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Patella denseplicata W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932]. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 169, pl. 39, sp. 1205. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Patella becki W. H. Turton, 1933) Turton, W. H. (1933). Errata [to: The marine shells of Port Alfred, South Africa. Humphrey Milford, London.]. 1 p. [published 14 February 1933]. [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]Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Ridgway, T. M.; Branch, G. M.; Stewart. B. A.; Hodgson, A. N. (2000). Taxonomic status of the '<i>Patella miniata</i>' species complex (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in southern Africa. <em>Hydrobiologia.</em> 420: 103–118. [Feb. 2000]., available online at https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1003941805696 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]Other
additional source
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
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | pink-rayed limpet [from synonym]cinnabar limpet [from synonym] | [details] |
| German | Zinnober-Napfschnecke [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (18 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Patella adansonii Dunker, 1853)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (66 publications) (from synonym Patella miniata Born, 1778)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cymbula adansonii) (from synonym Cymbula adansonii (Dunker, 1853))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cymbula miniata)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Cymbula adansonii (Dunker, 1853))
To GenBank (36 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Malacopics (Cymbula miniata (Born, 1778) Angola, Namibe, Namibe)
To Malacopics (Cymbula miniata (Born, 1778) South Africa, Eastern Cape, East-London, collected Aug...
To Malacopics (Cymbula miniata (Born, 1778) South Africa, Eastern Cape, St. Francis Bay, Jeffreys ...
To PESI (from synonym Patella adansonii Dunker, 1853)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Patella miniata Born, 1778)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Patella adansonii Dunker, 1853)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (66 publications) (from synonym Patella miniata Born, 1778)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cymbula adansonii) (from synonym Cymbula adansonii (Dunker, 1853))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cymbula miniata)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Cymbula adansonii (Dunker, 1853))
To GenBank (36 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Malacopics (Cymbula miniata (Born, 1778) Angola, Namibe, Namibe)
To Malacopics (Cymbula miniata (Born, 1778) South Africa, Eastern Cape, East-London, collected Aug...
To Malacopics (Cymbula miniata (Born, 1778) South Africa, Eastern Cape, St. Francis Bay, Jeffreys ...
To PESI (from synonym Patella adansonii Dunker, 1853)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Patella miniata Born, 1778)
Unreviewed
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