African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Patella rustica Linnaeus, 1758

AfReMaS taxon details

Patella rustica Linnaeus, 1758

Patella rustica, specimens from Calahonda, Spain

AphiaID

140683 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140683)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Patella Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Patella rustica Linnaeus, 1758

Environment

marine

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.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Patella rustica Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140683 on 2025-11-18

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025). African Register of Marine Species. Patella rustica Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140683 on 2025-11-18

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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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.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

additional source Côrte-Real H.B.S.M., Hawkins S.J. & Thorpe J.P. (1996). An interpretation of the taxonomic relationship between the limpets Patella rustica and Patella piperata. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 76: 717-732 [details]

additional source Nakano T. & Ozawa T. (2007). Worldwide phylogeography of limpets of the order Patellogastropoda: molecular, morphological and paleontological evidence. Journal of Molluscan Studies 73(1): 79–99. [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. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 11(1): 138-156., available online at https://doi.org/10.1006/mpev.1998.0557 [details]

additional source Sá-Pinto A., Baird S.J.E., Pinho C., Alexandrino P. & Branco M. 2010. A three-way contact zone between forms of Patella rustica (Mollusca: Patellidae) in the central Mediterranean Sea. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 100(1): 154–169. [details]