WoRMS taxon details
Testudinalia testudinalis (O. F. Müller, 1776)
234208 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:234208)
accepted
Species
Acmaea (Collisella) testudinalis (O. F. Müller, 1776) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
Acmaea (Tectura) testudinalis (O. F. Müller, 1776) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
Acmaea fergusoni Wheat, 1913 · unaccepted (synonym)
Acmaea tessulata (O. F. Müller, 1776) · unaccepted
Acmaea testudinalis (O. F. Müller, 1776) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
Collisella tessulata (O. F. Müller, 1776) · unaccepted
Collisella testudinalis (O. F. Müller, 1776) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
Lottia testudinalis (O. F. Müller, 1776) · unaccepted
Notoacmea testudinalis (O. F. Müller, 1776) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Patella (Acmaea) testudinalis (O. F. Müller, 1776) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
Patella amoena Say, 1822 · unaccepted (synonym)
Patella borniana Helbling, 1779 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Patella clealandi J. Fleming, 1828 · unaccepted (synonym)
Patella clypea T. Brown, 1827 · unaccepted (synonym)
Patella tessulata O. F. Müller, 1776 · unaccepted
Patella testudinalis O. F. Müller, 1776 · unaccepted (original combination)
Patelloida testudinalis (O. F. Müller, 1776) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
Tectura tessulata (O. F. Müller, 1776) · unaccepted
Tectura testudinalis (O. F. Müller, 1776) · unaccepted
Testudinalia tessellata (O. F. Müller, 1776) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Testudinalia tessulata (O. F. Müller, 1776) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Patella testudinalis O. F. Müller, 1776) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum characters, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. <em>Typis Hallageriis, Havniae.</em> 32: 1-282., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Testudinalia testudinalis (O. F. Müller, 1776). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=234208 on 2025-07-18
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Patella testudinalis O. F. Müller, 1776) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum characters, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. <em>Typis Hallageriis, Havniae.</em> 32: 1-282., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550 [details]
original description (of Patella tessulata O. F. Müller, 1776) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum characters, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. <em>Typis Hallageriis, Havniae.</em> 32: 1-282., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550 [details]
original description (of Patella amoena Say, 1822) Say, T. (1822). An account of some of the marine shells of the United States. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> 2(1): 221-248; 2(2): 257-276, 302-325., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36831411
page(s): 223 [details]
original description (of Patella clealandi J. Fleming, 1828) Fleming, J. (1828). A history of British animals, exhibiting the descriptive characters and systematical arrangement of the genera and species of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, Mollusca, and Radiata of the United Kingdom; including the indigenous, extirpated, and extinct kinds, together with periodical and occasional visitants. <em>Edinburgh, Bell & Bradfute / London, James Duncan.</em> Pp. i-xxii, 1-565. corrigenda., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18569 [details]
original description (of Patella clypea T. Brown, 1827) Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from nature. <em>W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London.</em> 144 pp., 52 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127868 [details]
original description (of Acmaea fergusoni Wheat, 1913) Wheat, S. C. (1913). Long Island fauna and flora --II. A Long Island <i>Acmaea</i>, and a new variety of <i>Urosalpinx cinerea</i>. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of the Brooklyn. Institute of Arts and Sciences.</em> 2: 17-20. [details]
original description (of Patella borniana Helbling, 1779) Helbling G. S. (1779). Beyträge zur Kenntniß neuer und seltener Konchylien. Aus einigen Wienerischen Sammlungen. <i>Abhandlungen einer Privatgesellschaft in Böhmen, zur Aufnahme der Mathematik, der vaterländischen Geschichte, und der Naturgeschichte</i>, 4: 102-131, pl. 1-4., available online at http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?PPN624644928%7CLOG_0013
page(s): 106, pl. 1 fig. 7 [details]
original description (of Patella tessulata O. F. Müller, 1776) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum characters, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. <em>Typis Hallageriis, Havniae.</em> 32: 1-282., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550 [details]
original description (of Patella amoena Say, 1822) Say, T. (1822). An account of some of the marine shells of the United States. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> 2(1): 221-248; 2(2): 257-276, 302-325., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36831411
page(s): 223 [details]
original description (of Patella clealandi J. Fleming, 1828) Fleming, J. (1828). A history of British animals, exhibiting the descriptive characters and systematical arrangement of the genera and species of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, Mollusca, and Radiata of the United Kingdom; including the indigenous, extirpated, and extinct kinds, together with periodical and occasional visitants. <em>Edinburgh, Bell & Bradfute / London, James Duncan.</em> Pp. i-xxii, 1-565. corrigenda., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18569 [details]
original description (of Patella clypea T. Brown, 1827) Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from nature. <em>W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London.</em> 144 pp., 52 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127868 [details]
original description (of Acmaea fergusoni Wheat, 1913) Wheat, S. C. (1913). Long Island fauna and flora --II. A Long Island <i>Acmaea</i>, and a new variety of <i>Urosalpinx cinerea</i>. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of the Brooklyn. Institute of Arts and Sciences.</em> 2: 17-20. [details]
original description (of Patella borniana Helbling, 1779) Helbling G. S. (1779). Beyträge zur Kenntniß neuer und seltener Konchylien. Aus einigen Wienerischen Sammlungen. <i>Abhandlungen einer Privatgesellschaft in Böhmen, zur Aufnahme der Mathematik, der vaterländischen Geschichte, und der Naturgeschichte</i>, 4: 102-131, pl. 1-4., available online at http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?PPN624644928%7CLOG_0013
page(s): 106, pl. 1 fig. 7 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | tortoiseshell limpetplant limpetcommon tortoiseshell limpet | [details] |
| French | acmée à écaille de tortue [from synonym] | [details] |
| German | SchildkrötenschneckeSchildkröten-NapfschneckeKlippkleber | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | skilpaddesnegl [from synonym] | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | skjelpaddesnigel [from synonym] | [details] |
| Swedish | sköldpaddskålsnäcka | [details] |
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland (from synonym Tectura testudinalis (O. F. Müller, 1776))
Marine Life Information Network - UK (from synonym Tectura testudinalis (O. F. Müller, 1776))
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntypes of Acmaea fergusoni. Wheat, 1913. Science Bulletin (Brooklyn Museum) 2 (2): 17-20 - catalog no. 179952) (from synonym Acmaea fergusoni Wheat, 1913)
To Barcode of Life (from synonym Acmaea testudinalis (O. F. Müller, 1776))
To Barcode of Life (from synonym Testudinalia tessulata (O. F. Müller, 1776))
To Barcode of Life (from synonym Notoacmea testudinalis (O. F. Müller, 1776))
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Barcode of Life (31 barcodes) (from synonym Tectura testudinalis (O. F. Müller, 1776))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (107 publications) (from synonym Tectura testudinalis (O. F. Müller, 1776))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (183 publications) (from synonym Acmaea testudinalis (O. F. Müller, 1776))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Notoacmea testudinalis (O. F. Müller, 1776))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Acmaea tessulata (O. F. Müller, 1776))
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Testudinalia testudinalis)
To GenBank (61 nucleotides; 45 proteins)
To GenBank (61 nucleotides; 45 proteins) (from synonym Tectura testudinalis (O. F. Müller, 1776))
To GenBank (61 nucleotides; 45 proteins) (from synonym Acmaea testudinalis (O. F. Müller, 1776))
To GenBank (61 nucleotides; 45 proteins) (from synonym Testudinalia tessulata (O. F. Müller, 1776))
To GenBank (61 nucleotides; 45 proteins) (from synonym Patella testudinalis O. F. Müller, 1776)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Acmaea tessulata (O. F. Müller, 1776))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Testudinalia testudinalis (O. F. Müller, 1776) Iceland, Austurland, Reyðarfjörður, b...
To Malacopics (Testudinalia testudinalis (O. F. Müller, 1776) Norway, Finnmark, Gamvik, beached, ex...
To Malacopics (Testudinalia testudinalis (O.F.Müller,1776) France, Bretagne, Finistère, Ile Molène)
To Malacopics (Testudinalia testudinalis (O.F.Müller,1776) United Kingdom, Scotland, Highland, Inve...
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Tectura testudinalis (O. F. Müller, 1776))
To PESI (from synonym Testudinalia tessulata (O. F. Müller, 1776))
To PESI (from synonym Acmaea tessulata (O. F. Müller, 1776))
To PESI (from synonym Patella tessulata O. F. Müller, 1776)
To PESI (from synonym Acmaea fergusoni Wheat, 1913)
To PESI (from synonym Patella testudinalis O. F. Müller, 1776)
To PESI (from synonym Patella amoena Say, 1822)
To PESI (from synonym Patella clealandi J. Fleming, 1828)
To PESI (from synonym Patella clypea T. Brown, 1827)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Lottia testudinalis (O. F. Müller, 1776))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Acmaea tessulata (O. F. Müller, 1776))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Acmaea testudinalis (O. F. Müller, 1776))
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 069831)
Marine Life Information Network - UK (from synonym Tectura testudinalis (O. F. Müller, 1776))
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntypes of Acmaea fergusoni. Wheat, 1913. Science Bulletin (Brooklyn Museum) 2 (2): 17-20 - catalog no. 179952) (from synonym Acmaea fergusoni Wheat, 1913)
To Barcode of Life (from synonym Acmaea testudinalis (O. F. Müller, 1776))
To Barcode of Life (from synonym Testudinalia tessulata (O. F. Müller, 1776))
To Barcode of Life (from synonym Notoacmea testudinalis (O. F. Müller, 1776))
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Barcode of Life (31 barcodes) (from synonym Tectura testudinalis (O. F. Müller, 1776))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (107 publications) (from synonym Tectura testudinalis (O. F. Müller, 1776))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (183 publications) (from synonym Acmaea testudinalis (O. F. Müller, 1776))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Notoacmea testudinalis (O. F. Müller, 1776))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Acmaea tessulata (O. F. Müller, 1776))
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Testudinalia testudinalis)
To GenBank (61 nucleotides; 45 proteins)
To GenBank (61 nucleotides; 45 proteins) (from synonym Tectura testudinalis (O. F. Müller, 1776))
To GenBank (61 nucleotides; 45 proteins) (from synonym Acmaea testudinalis (O. F. Müller, 1776))
To GenBank (61 nucleotides; 45 proteins) (from synonym Testudinalia tessulata (O. F. Müller, 1776))
To GenBank (61 nucleotides; 45 proteins) (from synonym Patella testudinalis O. F. Müller, 1776)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Acmaea tessulata (O. F. Müller, 1776))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Testudinalia testudinalis (O. F. Müller, 1776) Iceland, Austurland, Reyðarfjörður, b...
To Malacopics (Testudinalia testudinalis (O. F. Müller, 1776) Norway, Finnmark, Gamvik, beached, ex...
To Malacopics (Testudinalia testudinalis (O.F.Müller,1776) France, Bretagne, Finistère, Ile Molène)
To Malacopics (Testudinalia testudinalis (O.F.Müller,1776) United Kingdom, Scotland, Highland, Inve...
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Tectura testudinalis (O. F. Müller, 1776))
To PESI (from synonym Testudinalia tessulata (O. F. Müller, 1776))
To PESI (from synonym Acmaea tessulata (O. F. Müller, 1776))
To PESI (from synonym Patella tessulata O. F. Müller, 1776)
To PESI (from synonym Acmaea fergusoni Wheat, 1913)
To PESI (from synonym Patella testudinalis O. F. Müller, 1776)
To PESI (from synonym Patella amoena Say, 1822)
To PESI (from synonym Patella clealandi J. Fleming, 1828)
To PESI (from synonym Patella clypea T. Brown, 1827)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Lottia testudinalis (O. F. Müller, 1776))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Acmaea tessulata (O. F. Müller, 1776))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Acmaea testudinalis (O. F. Müller, 1776))
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 069831)
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