BeRMS taxon details
Patella Linnaeus, 1758
138312 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138312)
accepted
Genus
Patella vulgata Linnaeus, 1758 (type by subsequent designation)
- Species Patella vulgata Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Patella fornicata Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Crepidula fornicata (Linnaeus, 1758) (original combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
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 
BeRMS (2025). Patella Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138312 on 2026-05-21
VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards). Belgian Register of Marine Species. Patella Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/berms./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138312 on 2026-05-21
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original description
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 
basis of record Christiaens, J. (1974). Révision du genre <i>Patella</i> (Mollusca, Gastropoda). <em>Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 3e serie, no. 182, Zoologie 121: 1305-1392 [published 30 April 1974]., available online at http://bionames.org/bionames-archive/issn/0300-9386/121/1305.pdf [details] Available for editors
additional source Powell, A. W. B. (1973). The patellid limpets of the world (Patellidae). <em>Indo-Pacific Mollusca.</em> 3(15): 75-206., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46312984 [details] Available for editors
additional source Koch, H.J. (1949). A review of the South African representatives of the genus Patella Linnaeus. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 11(3): 487–517. [details] Available for editors
additional source Fischer-Piette, E. & Gaillard, J.-M. (1959). Les patelles, au long des côtes ibériques et nord-marocaines. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 99(4): 135-200., available online at https://bibliotheques.mnhn.fr/medias/doc/EXPLOITATION/IFD/MNHN_CONCH_1959_T099_N004/journal-de-conchyliologie [details]
basis of record Christiaens, J. (1974). Révision du genre <i>Patella</i> (Mollusca, Gastropoda). <em>Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 3e serie, no. 182, Zoologie 121: 1305-1392 [published 30 April 1974]., available online at http://bionames.org/bionames-archive/issn/0300-9386/121/1305.pdf [details] Available for editors
additional source Powell, A. W. B. (1973). The patellid limpets of the world (Patellidae). <em>Indo-Pacific Mollusca.</em> 3(15): 75-206., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46312984 [details] Available for editors
additional source Koch, H.J. (1949). A review of the South African representatives of the genus Patella Linnaeus. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 11(3): 487–517. [details] Available for editors
additional source Fischer-Piette, E. & Gaillard, J.-M. (1959). Les patelles, au long des côtes ibériques et nord-marocaines. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 99(4): 135-200., available online at https://bibliotheques.mnhn.fr/medias/doc/EXPLOITATION/IFD/MNHN_CONCH_1959_T099_N004/journal-de-conchyliologie [details]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Patella)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Vent Worm Project: JW_10_27_2014)
To ITIS
To NMNH Extant Collection (Vent Worm Project: JW_10_27_2014)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
