WoRMS name details
Patella barbara Linnaeus, 1758
216272 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216272)
unaccepted > superseded combination (original combination)
Species
Patella decemcostata var. major W. H. Turton, 1932 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Variety Patella barbara var. ovalis Pilsbry, 1891 accepted as Scutellastra barbara (Linnaeus, 1758)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=2787
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page(s): 782 [details] Available for editors
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MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Patella barbara Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216272 on 2026-03-29
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Garcia, Maria
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Nomenclature
original description
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, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=2787
page(s): 782 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Christiaens J. (1986) Notes sur quelques Patellidae (Gastropoda) de l'Océan Indien. <i>Apex</i> 1(4): 97-127., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41551188 [details]
page(s): 782 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Christiaens J. (1986) Notes sur quelques Patellidae (Gastropoda) de l'Océan Indien. <i>Apex</i> 1(4): 97-127., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41551188 [details]
Other
additional source
Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 37 [details]
additional source Krauss, F. (1848) Die Südafrikanischen Mollusken. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Mollusken des Kap- und Natallandes und zur Geographischen Verbreitung derselben mit Beschreibung und Abbildung der neuen Arten. Ebner and Seubert, Stuttgart, 140 pp., 6 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13801704
page(s): 45 [details]
page(s): 37 [details]
additional source Krauss, F. (1848) Die Südafrikanischen Mollusken. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Mollusken des Kap- und Natallandes und zur Geographischen Verbreitung derselben mit Beschreibung und Abbildung der neuen Arten. Ebner and Seubert, Stuttgart, 140 pp., 6 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13801704
page(s): 45 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
