Patella
Patella is a genus of sea snails with gills, typical true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Patellidae, the true limpets.
15 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Common European Limpet
speciesPatella vulgata
Mediterranean Limpet
speciesPatella caerulea
Blue-rayed Limpet
speciesPatella pellucida
China Limpet
speciesPatella ulyssiponensis
Patella rustica
speciesPatella rustica
Black-footed Limpet
speciesPatella depressa
Patella ordinaria
speciesPatella ordinaria
Patella aspera
speciesPatella aspera
Patella ferruginea
speciesPatella ferruginea
Patella piperata
speciesPatella piperata
Patella gomesii
speciesPatella gomesii
Patella candei
speciesPatella candei
Patella tenuis
speciesPatella tenuis
Patella lugubris
speciesPatella lugubris
Patella skelettensis
speciesPatella skelettensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 130088.