Aphia taxon details
Patella pellucida Linnaeus, 1758
147459 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:147459)
accepted
Species
Ansates pellucida (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Helcion (Ansates) pellucidus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
Helcion gracile Locard, 1891 · unaccepted (synonym)
Helcion pellucidum (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Nacella pellucida (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
Patella (Helcion) pellucida Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
Patella bimaculata Montagu, 1803 · unaccepted (synonym)
Patella coeruleata da Costa, 1778 · unaccepted (synonym)
Patella cornea Helbling, 1779 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Patella cypridium Perry, 1811 · unaccepted (dubious synonym)
Patella fusca Landt, 1800 · unaccepted (synonym)
Patella intorta Pennant, 1777 · unaccepted (synonym)
Patella laevis Pennant, 1777 · unaccepted
Patella mytiliformis Schröter, 1786 · unaccepted (synonym)
Patella pellucida var. oblonga Jeffreys, 1865 · unaccepted (synonym)
Patina pellucida (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Patina pellucida f. laevis (Pennant, 1777) · unaccepted
- Variety Patella pellucida var. oblonga Jeffreys, 1865 accepted as Patella pellucida Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 783 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 783 [details] Available for editors
Note Syntypes: LINN 601
Type material Syntypes: LINN 601 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Patella pellucida Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=147459 on 2026-08-08
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Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 783 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Helcion gracile Locard, 1891) Locard, A. (1891). Les coquilles marines des côtes de France. <em>Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon.</em> 37: 1-385 [Published 31 October 1891; also published by Baillière as a book in 1892]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54577547
page(s): 230 [details]
original description (of Patella bimaculata Montagu, 1803) Montagu, G. (1803). Testacea Britannica or natural history of British shells, marine, land, and fresh-water, including the most minute: Systematically arranged and embellished with figures. J. White, London, Vol. 1, xxxvii + 291 pp.; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694 [details]
original description (of Patella coeruleata da Costa, 1778) da Costa, E. M. (1778). <i>Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, the British conchology</i>; containing the descriptions and other particulars of natural history of the shells of Great Britain and Ireland: illustrated with figures. In English and French. - Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, ou, la conchologie Britannique; contenant les descriptions & autres particularités d'histoire naturelle des coquilles de la Grande Bretagne & de l'Irlande: avec figures en taille douce. En anglois & françois. i-xii, 1-254, i-vii, [1], Pl. I-XVII. London. (Millan, White, Emsley & Robson). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13116783 [details]
original description (of Patella cornea Helbling, 1779) Helbling G. S. (1779). Beyträge zur Kenntniß neuer und seltener Konchylien. Aus einigen Wienerischen Sammlungen. <i>Abhandlungen einer Privatgesellschaft in Böhmen, zur Aufnahme der Mathematik, der vaterländischen Geschichte, und der Naturgeschichte</i>, 4: 102-131, pl. 1-4., available online at http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?PPN624644928%7CLOG_0013
page(s): 107, pl. 1 fig. 8 [details]
original description (of Patella cypridium Perry, 1811) Perry, G. (1811). Conchology, or the natural history of shells: containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings executed from the natural specimens, and including the latest discoveries. W. Miller, London, 4 pp. + 61 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41764832
page(s): pl. 43, fig. 6 [details]
original description (of Patella intorta Pennant, 1777) Pennant, T. (1777). British Zoology, vol. IV. Crustacea. Mollusca. Testacea. <em>London.</em> i-viii, 1-154, pls. 1-93., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127011 [details]
original description (of Patella mytiliformis Schröter, 1786) Schröter, Johann Samuel. (1786 [volume 3]). Neue Litteratur und Beyträge zur Kenntniß der Naturgeschichte vorzüglich der Conchylien und Foßilien [also seen as: Neue Litteratur und Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Naturgeschichte vorzüglich der Conchylien und Fossilien]. Leipzig : J. G. Müller, [volumes 1 (1784) to 4 (1787)]., available online at http://zs.thulb.uni-jena.de/receive/jportal_jpjournal_00000091 [details]
original description (of Patella pellucida var. oblonga Jeffreys, 1865) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). <i>British conchology</i>. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 199 [details]
original description (of Patella laevis Pennant, 1777) Pennant, T. (1777). British Zoology, vol. IV. Crustacea. Mollusca. Testacea. <em>London.</em> i-viii, 1-154, pls. 1-93., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127011
page(s): 144 [details]
basis of record Silva, C. M. da; Landau, B. M.; Domènech, R.; Martinell, J. (2006). Pliocene Atlanto-Mediterranean biogeography of <i>Patella pellucida</i> (Gastropoda, Patellidae): Palaeoceanographic implications. <em>Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology.</em> 233(3-4): 225-234., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.10.002 [details] Available for editors
additional source 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
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]
page(s): 783 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Helcion gracile Locard, 1891) Locard, A. (1891). Les coquilles marines des côtes de France. <em>Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon.</em> 37: 1-385 [Published 31 October 1891; also published by Baillière as a book in 1892]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54577547
page(s): 230 [details]
original description (of Patella bimaculata Montagu, 1803) Montagu, G. (1803). Testacea Britannica or natural history of British shells, marine, land, and fresh-water, including the most minute: Systematically arranged and embellished with figures. J. White, London, Vol. 1, xxxvii + 291 pp.; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694 [details]
original description (of Patella coeruleata da Costa, 1778) da Costa, E. M. (1778). <i>Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, the British conchology</i>; containing the descriptions and other particulars of natural history of the shells of Great Britain and Ireland: illustrated with figures. In English and French. - Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, ou, la conchologie Britannique; contenant les descriptions & autres particularités d'histoire naturelle des coquilles de la Grande Bretagne & de l'Irlande: avec figures en taille douce. En anglois & françois. i-xii, 1-254, i-vii, [1], Pl. I-XVII. London. (Millan, White, Emsley & Robson). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13116783 [details]
original description (of Patella cornea Helbling, 1779) Helbling G. S. (1779). Beyträge zur Kenntniß neuer und seltener Konchylien. Aus einigen Wienerischen Sammlungen. <i>Abhandlungen einer Privatgesellschaft in Böhmen, zur Aufnahme der Mathematik, der vaterländischen Geschichte, und der Naturgeschichte</i>, 4: 102-131, pl. 1-4., available online at http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?PPN624644928%7CLOG_0013
page(s): 107, pl. 1 fig. 8 [details]
original description (of Patella cypridium Perry, 1811) Perry, G. (1811). Conchology, or the natural history of shells: containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings executed from the natural specimens, and including the latest discoveries. W. Miller, London, 4 pp. + 61 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41764832
page(s): pl. 43, fig. 6 [details]
original description (of Patella intorta Pennant, 1777) Pennant, T. (1777). British Zoology, vol. IV. Crustacea. Mollusca. Testacea. <em>London.</em> i-viii, 1-154, pls. 1-93., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127011 [details]
original description (of Patella mytiliformis Schröter, 1786) Schröter, Johann Samuel. (1786 [volume 3]). Neue Litteratur und Beyträge zur Kenntniß der Naturgeschichte vorzüglich der Conchylien und Foßilien [also seen as: Neue Litteratur und Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Naturgeschichte vorzüglich der Conchylien und Fossilien]. Leipzig : J. G. Müller, [volumes 1 (1784) to 4 (1787)]., available online at http://zs.thulb.uni-jena.de/receive/jportal_jpjournal_00000091 [details]
original description (of Patella pellucida var. oblonga Jeffreys, 1865) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). <i>British conchology</i>. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 199 [details]
original description (of Patella laevis Pennant, 1777) Pennant, T. (1777). British Zoology, vol. IV. Crustacea. Mollusca. Testacea. <em>London.</em> i-viii, 1-154, pls. 1-93., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127011
page(s): 144 [details]
basis of record Silva, C. M. da; Landau, B. M.; Domènech, R.; Martinell, J. (2006). Pliocene Atlanto-Mediterranean biogeography of <i>Patella pellucida</i> (Gastropoda, Patellidae): Palaeoceanographic implications. <em>Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology.</em> 233(3-4): 225-234., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.10.002 [details] Available for editors
additional source 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
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 material Syntypes: LINN 601 [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Danish | blåskæl [from synonym] | [details] |
| Dutch | gladde schaalhorenblauwgestreepte schaalhoren | [details] |
| English | blue-rayed limpet | [details] |
| French | patine [from synonym]helcion transparent [from synonym] | [details] |
| German | Durchsichtige NapfschneckeDurchscheinende Napfschneckedurchscheinende Häubchenschnecke [from synonym]Durchscheinende Häubchenschnecke | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | blåsnegl [from synonym] | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | blåsnigel [from synonym] | [details] |
| Swedish | laminaria-skålsnäcka [from synonym] | [details] |
BIOTIC (from synonym Helcion pellucidum (Linnaeus, 1758))
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland (from synonym Helcion pellucidum (Linnaeus, 1758))
Marine Life Information Network - UK (from synonym Helcion pellucidum (Linnaeus, 1758))
Syntypes, Linnean Society of London
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes) (from synonym Ansates pellucida (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (102 publications) (from synonym Helcion pellucidum (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (224 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Ansates pellucida (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (46 publications) (from synonym Patina pellucida (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Dyntaxa (from synonym Ansates pellucida (Linnaeus, 1758))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Patella pellucida)
To GenBank (1603 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To GenBank (1603 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Patina pellucida (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Patella pellucida Linnaeus, 1758 Bailiwick of Guernsey, Alderney, Arch Bay, beached...
To Malacopics (Patella pellucida Linnaeus, 1758 France, Bretagne, Cotes-d'Armor, collected July 19...
To Malacopics (Patella pellucida Linnaeus, 1758 France, Bretagne, Finistère, Île-Molène, between M...
To Malacopics (Patella pellucida Linnaeus, 1758 Netherlands, Zeeland, Domburg)
To Malacopics (Patella pellucida Linnaeus, 1758 Spain, Galicia, Pontevedra, Illa de Arousa)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Ansates pellucida (Linnaeus, 1758))
To PESI (from synonym Patina pellucida (Linnaeus, 1758))
To PESI (from synonym Helcion pellucidum (Linnaeus, 1758))
To PESI (from synonym Patella laevis Pennant, 1777)
To PESI (from synonym Helcion gracile Locard, 1891)
To PESI (from synonym Patella bimaculata Montagu, 1803)
To PESI (from synonym Patella coeruleata da Costa, 1778)
To PESI (from synonym Patella cornea Helbling, 1779)
To PESI (from synonym Patella cypridium Perry, 1811)
To PESI (from synonym Patella fusca Landt, 1800)
To PESI (from synonym Patella intorta Pennant, 1777)
To PESI (from synonym Patella mytiliformis Schröter, 1786)
To PESI (from synonym Patella pellucida var. oblonga Jeffreys, 1865)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Helcion pellucidum (Linnaeus, 1758))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Patina pellucida (Linnaeus, 1758))
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland (from synonym Helcion pellucidum (Linnaeus, 1758))
Marine Life Information Network - UK (from synonym Helcion pellucidum (Linnaeus, 1758))
Syntypes, Linnean Society of London
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes) (from synonym Ansates pellucida (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (102 publications) (from synonym Helcion pellucidum (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (224 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Ansates pellucida (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (46 publications) (from synonym Patina pellucida (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Dyntaxa (from synonym Ansates pellucida (Linnaeus, 1758))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Patella pellucida)
To GenBank (1603 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To GenBank (1603 nucleotides; 4 proteins) (from synonym Patina pellucida (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Patella pellucida Linnaeus, 1758 Bailiwick of Guernsey, Alderney, Arch Bay, beached...
To Malacopics (Patella pellucida Linnaeus, 1758 France, Bretagne, Cotes-d'Armor, collected July 19...
To Malacopics (Patella pellucida Linnaeus, 1758 France, Bretagne, Finistère, Île-Molène, between M...
To Malacopics (Patella pellucida Linnaeus, 1758 Netherlands, Zeeland, Domburg)
To Malacopics (Patella pellucida Linnaeus, 1758 Spain, Galicia, Pontevedra, Illa de Arousa)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Ansates pellucida (Linnaeus, 1758))
To PESI (from synonym Patina pellucida (Linnaeus, 1758))
To PESI (from synonym Helcion pellucidum (Linnaeus, 1758))
To PESI (from synonym Patella laevis Pennant, 1777)
To PESI (from synonym Helcion gracile Locard, 1891)
To PESI (from synonym Patella bimaculata Montagu, 1803)
To PESI (from synonym Patella coeruleata da Costa, 1778)
To PESI (from synonym Patella cornea Helbling, 1779)
To PESI (from synonym Patella cypridium Perry, 1811)
To PESI (from synonym Patella fusca Landt, 1800)
To PESI (from synonym Patella intorta Pennant, 1777)
To PESI (from synonym Patella mytiliformis Schröter, 1786)
To PESI (from synonym Patella pellucida var. oblonga Jeffreys, 1865)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Helcion pellucidum (Linnaeus, 1758))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Patina pellucida (Linnaeus, 1758))
 laevis.jpg "To Malacopics (Patella pellucida Linnaeus, 1758 Bailiwick of Guernsey, Alderney, Arch Bay, beached...")
.jpg "To Malacopics (Patella pellucida Linnaeus, 1758 France, Bretagne, Finistère, Île-Molène, between M...")
 laevis (18).jpg "To Malacopics (Patella pellucida Linnaeus, 1758 Spain, Galicia, Pontevedra, Illa de Arousa)")
