Patella caerulea

Patella caerulea

Five views of a shell of Patella caerulea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Patellogastropoda
Superfamily:	Patelloidea
Family:	Patellidae
Genus:	Patella
Species:	P. caerulea
Binomial name
*Patella caerulea* Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
Patella alba da Costa, 1771 Patella alba Anton, 1838 Patella calicula Li Chang, 1930 Patella cancellata Risso, 1826 Patella favaniana Risso, 1826 Patella fragilis Philippi, 1836 Patella grisea Risso, 1826 Patella grisea de Blainville, 1825 Patella hellespontiana Monterosato, 1888 Patella margaritacea Gmelin, 1791 Patella nacrina de Gregorio, 1884 Patella richelmia Risso, 1826 Patella riparia Nardo, 1847 Patella scutellina Locard, 1892 Patella silicina Röding, 1798 Patella squama de Blainville, 1825 Patella subplana Potiez & Michaud, 1838 Patella vulgata var. plumbea Röding, 1798

Patella caerulea, common name the rayed Mediterranean limpet^[1] is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Patellidae, one of the families of true limpets.^[2]

1 Description
2 Distribution
3 References
4 External links

Description

Five views of a shell of Patella caerulea forma subplana

Distribution

P. caerulea is endemic to the waters of the Mediterranean Sea.^[3] 'P. coerulea' has recently been identified off the Cornish coast in the British Channel. Due to the rise of coastal temperatures, distribution is becoming more widespread.^[4]

References

^ http://www.manandmollusc.net/molluscan_food_files/molluscan_food_6.html
^ Linnaeus, 1758Patella caerulea. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 April 2010.
^ Oliver, A.P.H. (2004). Guide to Seashells of the World. Buffalo: Firefly Books. 27.
^ Campbell . A (2004) 'Seashores and Shallow Sea's of Britain and Europe' Hamlyn Guide. 144-145. extensive Research by Galloway, S.J. (2013)

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp

External links

(Italian) Patella coerulea
Damen P. & Dictus W. J. A. G. (2002) "Newly-discovered muscle in the larva of Patella coerulea (Mollusca, Gastropoda) suggests the presence of a larval extensor". Contributions to Zoology 71(1/3). HTM

Edible mollusks

Bivalves

Clams	Atlantic jackknife Atlantic surf Geoduck Grooved carpet shell Hard clam Horse Mactra stultorum Blunt gaper Ocean quahog Pacific razor Venus California butterclam Senilia senilis Smooth clam Soft-shell Triangle shell Tuatua Japanese littleneck Razor clam Pod razor Ensis (razor genus) Paphies

Cockles	Common Blood Goolwa New Zealand Sydney

Mussels	Blue Mediterranean New Zealand green-lipped California Brown Asian/Philippine green Date Mytilidae (mussel family)

Oysters	Auckland Eastern Olympia Southern mud Colchester native Pacific Portuguese Windowpane Rock Sydney rock Ostra chilena/Bluff Gillardeau oysters Crassostrea ("true oyster" genus)

Scallops	Atlantic bay Great/king New Zealand Pecten jacobaeus Peruvian calico Yesso

Gastropods

Abalone

White
Red
Black
Green
Pink
Blacklip
Green ormer
Pāua (group of three species)
Chilean

Conches

Queen
Dog

Limpets

Periwinkles

Whelks

Other snails

Sea	Mud-flat Korean mud Chorus giganteus

Land	Helix aspersa Helix lucorum Helix pomatia

Freshwater	Nerites

Inkfish

Cuttlefish	Spineless Bottletail

Octopus	Common Atlantic white-spotted Big blue Pacific giant Southern red Amphioctopus fangsiao

Squid	New Zealand arrow Japanese flying Humboldt Neon flying

Chitons

Related topics: Oyster farming; Land snail farming; Gastropod anatomy; Bivalve anatomy

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Patella caerulea