WoRMS taxon details
Fissurella nimbosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
729935 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:729935)
accepted
Species
Patella nimbosa Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Patella nimbosa 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. Fissurella nimbosa (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=729935 on 2026-05-14
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Patella nimbosa 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]
basis of record Abbott, R. T. (1974). <i>American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America</i>. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974]. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 27 [details]
[request]basis of record Abbott, R. T. (1974). <i>American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America</i>. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974]. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 27 [details]
Other
additional source
Guppy, R. J. L. (1895). The Molluska of the Gulf of Paria. <em>Proceedings of the Victoria Institute of Trinidad.</em> Pt. 2: 116-152., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54372323
page(s): 138 [details]
page(s): 138 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (50 publications)
To Conchology (Fissurella nimbosa)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Fissurella nimbosa)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Patella nimbosa Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To Malacopics (Fissurella nimbosa (Linnaeus, 1758) Grenada, Saint Patrick, Sauteurs, Levera Beach, ...
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (50 publications)
To Conchology (Fissurella nimbosa)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Fissurella nimbosa)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 6 proteins) (from synonym Patella nimbosa Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To Malacopics (Fissurella nimbosa (Linnaeus, 1758) Grenada, Saint Patrick, Sauteurs, Levera Beach, ...
To ITIS
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