WoRMS taxon details
Scutellastra granularis (Linnaeus, 1758)
456671 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:456671)
accepted
Species
Patella (Patellidea) granularis Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Patella (Scutellastra) granularis Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted
Patella alboradiata W. H. Turton, 1932 · unaccepted (invalid: junior primary homonym...)
invalid: junior primary homonym of Patella alboradiata Gmelin, 1791; Patella tomlini W. H. Turton, 1933 is a replacement name
Patella argenvillei var. assimilans W. H. Turton, 1932 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Patella granularis Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)
Patella oculuscati Noodt, 1819 · unaccepted
Patella tomlini W. H. Turton, 1933 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Patella granularis Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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Note Southern Europe ("in Europæ australis")
Type locality Southern Europe ("in Europæ australis") [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Scutellastra granularis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456671 on 2025-06-29
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Patella granularis Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 782 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Patella argenvillei var. assimilans 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].
page(s): 167, pl. 38, sp. 1185. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Patella tomlini 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]
original description (of Patella alboradiata 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].
page(s): 167, pl. 39, sp. 1186. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Patella oculuscati Noodt, 1819) Noodt, J. (1819). Museum Boltenianum: Verzeichnis der von dem gestorbenen J. F. Bolten... hinterlassenen vortrefflichen Sammlung Conchylien, Mineralien und Kunstsachen die am 26. April d.J., Morgens um 10 Uhr öffentlich verkauft werden sollen durch den Makler J. Noodt. Conrad Müller, Hamburg, pp. vi + 156, 4 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59289439 [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. [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 782 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Patella argenvillei var. assimilans 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].
page(s): 167, pl. 38, sp. 1185. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Patella tomlini 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]original description (of Patella alboradiata 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].
page(s): 167, pl. 39, sp. 1186. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Patella oculuscati Noodt, 1819) Noodt, J. (1819). Museum Boltenianum: Verzeichnis der von dem gestorbenen J. F. Bolten... hinterlassenen vortrefflichen Sammlung Conchylien, Mineralien und Kunstsachen die am 26. April d.J., Morgens um 10 Uhr öffentlich verkauft werden sollen durch den Makler J. Noodt. Conrad Müller, Hamburg, pp. vi + 156, 4 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59289439 [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. [details] Available for editors
[request]Taxonomy
status source
Ridgway, T.M., Stewart, B.A., Branch, G.M. & Hodgson, A.N. (1998). Morphological and genetic differentiation of Patella granularis (Gastropoda: Patellidae): recognition of two sibling species along the coast of southern Africa. <em>Journal of Zoology, London.</em> 245: 317–333. [details]
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
From editor or global species database
Type locality Southern Europe ("in Europæ australis") [details]
To Barcode of Life (236 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (57 publications) (from synonym Patella granularis Linnaeus, 1758)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scutellastra granularis)
To GenBank (237 nucleotides; 197 proteins)
To GenBank (237 nucleotides; 197 proteins) (from synonym Patella granularis Linnaeus, 1758)
To Malacopics (Scutellastra granularis (Linnaeus, 1758) Namibia, Erongo, 3 km S of Swakopmund, Vier...
To Malacopics (Scutellastra granularis (Linnaeus, 1758) South Africa, Western Cape, Cape Peninsula,...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Patella (Scutellastra) granularis Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (57 publications) (from synonym Patella granularis Linnaeus, 1758)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scutellastra granularis)
To GenBank (237 nucleotides; 197 proteins)
To GenBank (237 nucleotides; 197 proteins) (from synonym Patella granularis Linnaeus, 1758)
To Malacopics (Scutellastra granularis (Linnaeus, 1758) Namibia, Erongo, 3 km S of Swakopmund, Vier...
To Malacopics (Scutellastra granularis (Linnaeus, 1758) South Africa, Western Cape, Cape Peninsula,...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Patella (Scutellastra) granularis Linnaeus, 1758)
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