African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Cymbula miniata (Born, 1778)

WoRMS taxon details

Cymbula miniata (Born, 1778)

AphiaID

456660 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:456660)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Cymbula H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854

Original name

Patella miniata Born, 1778

Synonymised names

Cymbula adansonii (Dunker, 1853) · unaccepted

Cymbula miniata miniata (Born, 1778) · unaccepted

Patella adansonii Dunker, 1853 · unaccepted (synonym)

Patella becki W. H. Turton, 1933 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

Patella denseplicata W. H. Turton, 1932 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

Patella miniata Born, 1778 · unaccepted

Patella miniata var. decorata W. H. Turton, 1932 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

Patella pulchella W. H. Turton, 1932 · unaccepted (invalid: junior primary homonym...)

invalid: junior primary homonym of Patella pulchella Blainville, 1825, and Forbes, 1835; Patella becki W. H. Turton, 1933 is a replacement name

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Subspecies Cymbula miniata miniata (Born, 1778) accepted as Cymbula miniata (Born, 1778)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Patella miniata Born, 1778) Born, I. Von. (1778). Index rerum naturalium Musei Cæsarei Vindobonensis. Pars I.ma. Testacea. Verzeichniß der natürlichen Seltenheiten des k. k. Naturalien Cabinets zu Wien. Erster Theil. Schalthiere. [1-40], 1-458, [1-82]. Vindobonae [Vienna]; (Kraus)., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43890
page(s): 436 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cymbula miniata (Born, 1778). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456660 on 2025-07-18

Taxonomic edit history

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2010-02-11 15:13:21Z

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Tran, Bastien

2019-08-29 08:45:41Z

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Herbert, David

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Nomenclature

original description (of Patella adansonii Dunker, 1853) Dunker, W. (1853). Index molluscorum, quae in itinere ad Guineam inferiorem collegit Georgius Tams Med. Dr.. Cassel, Th. Fischer, vi + 74 pp., 10 pl. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50134 [details]

original description (of Patella miniata var. decorata W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): 169, pl. 39, sp. 1199. [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Patella becki W. H. Turton, 1933) Turton, W. H. (1933). Errata [to: The marine shells of Port Alfred, South Africa. Humphrey Milford, London.]. 1 p. [published 14 February 1933]. [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Patella pulchella W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): 169, pl. 39, sp. 1200. [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Patella denseplicata W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): 169, pl. 39, sp. 1205. [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Patella miniata Born, 1778) Born, I. Von. (1778). Index rerum naturalium Musei Cæsarei Vindobonensis. Pars I.ma. Testacea. Verzeichniß der natürlichen Seltenheiten des k. k. Naturalien Cabinets zu Wien. Erster Theil. Schalthiere. [1-40], 1-458, [1-82]. Vindobonae [Vienna]; (Kraus)., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43890
page(s): 436 [details]

basis of record 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

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Taxonomy

source of synonymy Ridgway, T. M.; Branch, G. M.; Stewart. B. A.; Hodgson, A. N. (2000). Taxonomic status of the 'Patella miniata' species complex (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in southern Africa. Hydrobiologia. 420: 103–118. [Feb. 2000]. [details] Available for editors

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Other

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]