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WoRMS taxon details

Patella ordinaria Mabille, 1888

AphiaID

851906 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:851906)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Patella Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Patella ordinaria Mabille, 1888

Synonymised names

Patella candei crenata Gmelin, 1791 sensu A. d'Orbigny, 1840 · unaccepted > misapplication

Patella crenata Gmelin, 1791 sensu A. d'Orbigny, 1840 · unaccepted (misapplication)

Patella orbignyana F. Nordsieck & García-Talavera, 1979 · unaccepted

Patella saxea F. Nordsieck, 1975 · unaccepted

Patella tenuis crenata Gmelin, 1791 sensu A. d'Orbigny, 1840 · unaccepted > misapplication

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Mabille, J. (1888). De quelques coquilles nouvelles. Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris. ser. 7, 12 (2): 73-82., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31963950
page(s): 79 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Spain - Demarcación Marina Canaria

type locality contained in Spain - Demarcación Marina Canaria [details]

, Note Canary Is., particularly Sta. Cruz de Tenerife

From editor or global species database

Type locality Canary Is., particularly Sta. Cruz de Tenerife [details]

Descriptive notes

Distribution Endemic to the Canary Islands.

Distribution Endemic to the Canary Islands. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Patella ordinaria Mabille, 1888. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=851906 on 2026-06-26

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2015-08-06 07:49:25Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2015-08-06 09:22:23Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2019-11-30 13:11:23Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Mabille, J. (1888). De quelques coquilles nouvelles. Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris. ser. 7, 12 (2): 73-82., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31963950
page(s): 79 [details]

original description (of Patella saxea F. Nordsieck, 1975) Nordsieck, F. (1975). Conchiglie delle Isole Canarie. Parte 1: Patellae. La Conchiglia. 73-74: 3-5.
page(s): 4-5, pl. 2 fig. 10 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Patella orbignyana F. Nordsieck & García-Talavera, 1979) Nordsieck, F. & García-Talavera, F. (1979). Moluscos Marinos de Canarias y Madera (Gastropoda). Aula de Cultura, Tenerife, 208 pp., 46 pls.
page(s): 41; note: based on Patella crenata Gmelin, 1791, sensu d'Orbigny, 1840 [details] Available for editors

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basis of record Titselaar F.F.L.M. (2019). Notes on the nomenclature of the Macaronesian Patella candei d'Orbigbny complex, with special reference to Patella ordinaria Mabille and P. crenata Gmelin (Patellofastropoda, Patellidae). Basteria. 83(4-6): 158-165., available online at https://natuurtijdschriften.nl/pub/1001510/BAST2019083004009.pdf
page(s): 160 [details]

Other

additional source Locard, A. (1897-1898). Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882 et 1883. Mollusques testacés. Paris, Masson. vol. 1 [1897], p. 1-516 pl. 1-22; vol. 2 [1898], p. 1-515, pl. 1-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10994100
page(s): vol. 2, p. 91, pl. 5 fig. 10-12 [details]

additional source Christiaens, J. (1974). Révision du genre Patella (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. 3e serie, no. 182, Zoologie 121: 1305-1392 [published 30 April 1974]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56913007
page(s): 1323; note: treated as synonym of P. candei [details] Available for editors

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