WoRMS taxon details
Patella rustica Linnaeus, 1758
140683 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140683)
accepted
Species
Patella gorgonica da Costa, 1771 · unaccepted (unavailable name: published in a...)
unavailable name: published in a non-binominal work
Patella lusitanica Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted
Patella lusitanica var. minor Marion, 1883 · unaccepted (synonym)
Patella nigropunctata Reeve, 1854 · unaccepted (synonym)
Patella polita Risso, 1826 · unaccepted (synonym)
Patella punctata Lamarck, 1819 · unaccepted (synonym)
Patella punctulata Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (dubious synonym)
Patella rustica var. maroccana Pallary, 1920 · unaccepted (synonym)
Patella rustica var. orientalis Pallary, 1938 · unaccepted (synonym)
Patella squamata Röding, 1798 · unaccepted (synonym)
Patella subgranularis Blainville, 1825 · unaccepted (synonym)
Patella variabilis Risso, 1826 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Variety Patella rustica var. maroccana Pallary, 1920 accepted as Patella rustica Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
- Variety Patella rustica var. orientalis Pallary, 1938 accepted as Patella rustica Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
marine
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.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Patella rustica Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140683 on 2025-04-02
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Nomenclature
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.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Patella rustica var. maroccana Pallary, 1920) Pallary, P. (1920). Exploration scientifique du Maroc organisée par la Société de Géographie de Paris et continuée par la Société des Sciences Naturelles du Maroc. Deuxième fascicule. Malacologie (1912). Rabat et Paris. 108 pp, 1 map, 1 pl. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100432 [details]
original description (of Patella rustica var. orientalis Pallary, 1938) Pallary, P. (1938). Les Mollusques marins de la Syrie. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 82(1): 5-58, pls 1-2., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k55670854/f8.image [details]
original description (of Patella gorgonica da Costa, 1771) da Costa, E. M. (1770–1771). <i>Conchology, or natural history of shells</i>. London. 26 pp., 12 pls. [an unfinished anonymous publication, often attributed to Humphrey]. , available online at https://books.google.com/books/about/Conchology_or_Natural_history_of_shells.html?id=y7IW2NmuDyAC [details]
original description (of Patella lusitanica Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
original description (of Patella nigropunctata Reeve, 1854) Reeve, L. A. (1854-1855). Monograph of the genus <i>Patella</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 8, pls 1-42 and unpaginated tex. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1, May 1855; pls 2-15, October 1854; pls 16-24, December 1854; pls 25-32, January 1855; pls 33-40, March 1855; pls 41-42, May 1855]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11120573 [details]
original description (of Patella polita Risso, 1826) Risso, A. (1826-1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. <em>[book series].</em> 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5. Paris, F.G. Levrault. vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984 [details]
original description (of Patella punctata Lamarck, 1819) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441 [details]
original description (of Patella punctulata Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
original description (of Patella squamata Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]
original description (of Patella subgranularis Blainville, 1825) Defrance J.L.M. (1804-1845). [Mineralogie et Geologie] In: <i>Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des diffrents êtres de la nature (par plusieurs professeurs du Jardin du Roi ..., F[rédéric] Cuvier, ed.)</i>. Paris. Vol. 1-2 [1804]. Vol. 3-4 [1806]. Suppl. 1 [1816]. Vol. 5-9 [1817]. Vol. 10-12 [1818]. Vol. 13-15 [1819]. Vol. 16-17 [1820]. Vol. 18-22 [1821]. Vol. 23-25 [1822]. Vol. 26-29 [1823]Vol. 30-33 [1824]. Vol. 34-38 [1825]. Vol. 39-44 [1826]. Vol. 45-51 [1827]. Vol. 52-53 [1828]. Vol. 54 [1829]. Vol. 55-57 [1828]. Vol. 58-59 [1829]. Vol. 60 [1830]. Vol. 61 [1845]. , available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.42219
page(s): vol. 38, p. 113 [details]
original description (of Patella variabilis Risso, 1826) Risso, A. (1826-1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. <em>[book series].</em> 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5. Paris, F.G. Levrault. vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984 [details]
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. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
[request]original description (of Patella rustica var. maroccana Pallary, 1920) Pallary, P. (1920). Exploration scientifique du Maroc organisée par la Société de Géographie de Paris et continuée par la Société des Sciences Naturelles du Maroc. Deuxième fascicule. Malacologie (1912). Rabat et Paris. 108 pp, 1 map, 1 pl. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100432 [details]
original description (of Patella rustica var. orientalis Pallary, 1938) Pallary, P. (1938). Les Mollusques marins de la Syrie. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 82(1): 5-58, pls 1-2., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k55670854/f8.image [details]
original description (of Patella gorgonica da Costa, 1771) da Costa, E. M. (1770–1771). <i>Conchology, or natural history of shells</i>. London. 26 pp., 12 pls. [an unfinished anonymous publication, often attributed to Humphrey]. , available online at https://books.google.com/books/about/Conchology_or_Natural_history_of_shells.html?id=y7IW2NmuDyAC [details]
original description (of Patella lusitanica Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
original description (of Patella nigropunctata Reeve, 1854) Reeve, L. A. (1854-1855). Monograph of the genus <i>Patella</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 8, pls 1-42 and unpaginated tex. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1, May 1855; pls 2-15, October 1854; pls 16-24, December 1854; pls 25-32, January 1855; pls 33-40, March 1855; pls 41-42, May 1855]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11120573 [details]
original description (of Patella polita Risso, 1826) Risso, A. (1826-1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. <em>[book series].</em> 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5. Paris, F.G. Levrault. vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984 [details]
original description (of Patella punctata Lamarck, 1819) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441 [details]
original description (of Patella punctulata Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
original description (of Patella squamata Röding, 1798) Röding, P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturæ quæ olim collegerat Joa. Fried Bolten, M. D. p. d. per XL. annos proto physicus Hamburgensis. Pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia & multivalvia. Trapp, Hamburg, viii + 199 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16230659 [details]
original description (of Patella subgranularis Blainville, 1825) Defrance J.L.M. (1804-1845). [Mineralogie et Geologie] In: <i>Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des diffrents êtres de la nature (par plusieurs professeurs du Jardin du Roi ..., F[rédéric] Cuvier, ed.)</i>. Paris. Vol. 1-2 [1804]. Vol. 3-4 [1806]. Suppl. 1 [1816]. Vol. 5-9 [1817]. Vol. 10-12 [1818]. Vol. 13-15 [1819]. Vol. 16-17 [1820]. Vol. 18-22 [1821]. Vol. 23-25 [1822]. Vol. 26-29 [1823]Vol. 30-33 [1824]. Vol. 34-38 [1825]. Vol. 39-44 [1826]. Vol. 45-51 [1827]. Vol. 52-53 [1828]. Vol. 54 [1829]. Vol. 55-57 [1828]. Vol. 58-59 [1829]. Vol. 60 [1830]. Vol. 61 [1845]. , available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.42219
page(s): vol. 38, p. 113 [details]
original description (of Patella variabilis Risso, 1826) Risso, A. (1826-1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. <em>[book series].</em> 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5. Paris, F.G. Levrault. vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984 [details]
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. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
Other
additional source
Côrte-Real H.B.S.M., Hawkins S.J. & Thorpe J.P. (1996). An interpretation of the taxonomic relationship between the limpets <i>Patella rustica</i> and <i>Patella piperata</i>. <i>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 76</i>: 717-732 [details]
additional source Nakano T. & Ozawa T. (2007). Worldwide phylogeography of limpets of the order Patellogastropoda: molecular, morphological and paleontological evidence. <i>Journal of Molluscan Studies</i> 73(1): 79–99. [details] Available for editors [request]
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. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 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 <i>Patella rustica</i> (Mollusca: Patellidae) in the central Mediterranean Sea. <i>Biological Journal of the Linnean Society</i>, 100(1): 154–169. [details]
additional source Nakano T. & Ozawa T. (2007). Worldwide phylogeography of limpets of the order Patellogastropoda: molecular, morphological and paleontological evidence. <i>Journal of Molluscan Studies</i> 73(1): 79–99. [details] Available for editors
[request]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. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 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 <i>Patella rustica</i> (Mollusca: Patellidae) in the central Mediterranean Sea. <i>Biological Journal of the Linnean Society</i>, 100(1): 154–169. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Lusitanian limpet | [details] |
| Galician | lapa rústica | [details] |
| German | Portugiesische NapfschneckeLusitanische Napfschnecke | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Στικτοπεταλίδα | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (199 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Patella polita Risso, 1826)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications) (from synonym Patella variabilis Risso, 1826)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (47 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (71 publications) (from synonym Patella lusitanica Gmelin, 1791)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Patella rustica)
To GenBank (331 nucleotides; 278 proteins)
To Malacopics (Patella rustica Linnaeus, 1758 Greece, Voreio Aigaio, Lesvos, Agios Fokas, live on ...
To Malacopics (Patella rustica Linnaeus, 1758)
To Malacopics (Patella rustica Linnaeus, 1758)
To PESI (from synonym Patella gorgonica da Costa, 1771)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Patella variabilis Risso, 1826)
To PESI (from synonym Patella lusitanica var. minor Marion, 1883)
To PESI (from synonym Patella rustica var. maroccana Pallary, 1920)
To PESI (from synonym Patella rustica var. orientalis Pallary, 1938)
To PESI (from synonym Patella polita Risso, 1826)
To PESI (from synonym Patella punctata Lamarck, 1819)
To PESI (from synonym Patella punctulata Gmelin, 1791)
To PESI (from synonym Patella squamata Röding, 1798)
To PESI (from synonym Patella subgranularis Blainville, 1825)
To PESI (from synonym Patella lusitanica Gmelin, 1791)
To PESI (from synonym Patella nigropunctata Reeve, 1854)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Patella lusitanica Gmelin, 1791)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Patella polita Risso, 1826)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications) (from synonym Patella variabilis Risso, 1826)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (47 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (71 publications) (from synonym Patella lusitanica Gmelin, 1791)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Patella rustica)
To GenBank (331 nucleotides; 278 proteins)
To Malacopics (Patella rustica Linnaeus, 1758 Greece, Voreio Aigaio, Lesvos, Agios Fokas, live on ...
To Malacopics (Patella rustica Linnaeus, 1758)
To Malacopics (Patella rustica Linnaeus, 1758)
To PESI (from synonym Patella gorgonica da Costa, 1771)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Patella variabilis Risso, 1826)
To PESI (from synonym Patella lusitanica var. minor Marion, 1883)
To PESI (from synonym Patella rustica var. maroccana Pallary, 1920)
To PESI (from synonym Patella rustica var. orientalis Pallary, 1938)
To PESI (from synonym Patella polita Risso, 1826)
To PESI (from synonym Patella punctata Lamarck, 1819)
To PESI (from synonym Patella punctulata Gmelin, 1791)
To PESI (from synonym Patella squamata Röding, 1798)
To PESI (from synonym Patella subgranularis Blainville, 1825)
To PESI (from synonym Patella lusitanica Gmelin, 1791)
To PESI (from synonym Patella nigropunctata Reeve, 1854)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Patella lusitanica Gmelin, 1791)
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