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Patella depressa Pennant, 1777
151374 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151374)
accepted
Species
Patella auricola da Costa, 1771 · unaccepted (unavailable name: published in a...)
unavailable name: published in a non-binominal work
Patella electrina Reeve, 1854 · unaccepted (synonym)
Patella goudoti Mabille, 1888 · unaccepted (synonym)
Patella intermedia Murray, 1857 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Patella laevigata Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (dubious synonym)
Patella mabillei Locard, 1891 · unaccepted (synonym)
Patella plumbea var. vatheleti Pilsbry, 1891 · unaccepted (synonym)
Patella taslei Mabille, 1888 · unaccepted (synonym)
Patella vulgata var. debilis Pallary, 1920 · unaccepted (synonym)
Patella vulgata var. intermedia Murray, 1857 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Patella vulgata var. picta Jeffreys, 1865 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine
Pennant, T. (1777). British Zoology, vol. IV. Crustacea. Mollusca. Testacea. <em>London.</em> i-viii, 1-154, pls. 1-93., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127011 [details]
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original description
Pennant, T. (1777). British Zoology, vol. IV. Crustacea. Mollusca. Testacea. <em>London.</em> i-viii, 1-154, pls. 1-93., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127011 [details]
original description (of Patella auricola 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 electrina 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 goudoti Mabille, 1888) Mabille, J. (1888). De quelques coquilles nouvelles. <em>Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris.</em> ser. 7, 12 (2): 73-82., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31963950
page(s): 79-80 [details]
original description (of Patella laevigata 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 mabillei Locard, 1891) Locard, A. (1891). Les coquilles marines des côtes de France. <em>Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon.</em> 37: 1-385 [Published 31 October 1891; also published by Baillière as a book in 1892]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54577547
page(s): 227 [details]
original description (of Patella plumbea var. vatheleti Pilsbry, 1891) Pilsbry, H. A. (1891-1892). <i>Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species</i>. Ser. 1. Vol. 13: Acmaeidae, Lepetidae, Patellidae, Titiscaniidae. pp 1-195, pls 1-74. Philadelphia, published by the Conchological Section, Academy of Natural Sciences. [pp. 1-64, pls. 1-15, Aug. 3, 1891; pp. 65-112, pls. 16-35, Nov. 3, 1891; pp. 113-160, pls. 36-55, Jan. 30, 1892; pp. 161-195, pls. 56-74, Apr. 25, 1892]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/77917
page(s): 92 [details]
original description (of Patella vulgata var. picta Jeffreys, 1865) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). <i>British conchology</i>. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 237 [details]
original description (of Patella vulgata var. debilis 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 vulgata var. intermedia Murray, 1857) Murray, A. (1857). Notice of a marked variety of <i>Patella vulgata</i> (proposed to be named var. <i>intermedia</i>), found in Guernsey and Jersey (from Information communicated by Dr. Knapp). <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History, second series.</em> 19: 211-213., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2256181
page(s): 211-213 [details]
original description (of Patella taslei Mabille, 1888) Mabille, J. (1888). De quelques coquilles nouvelles. <em>Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris.</em> ser. 7, 12 (2): 73-82., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31963950
page(s): 78-79 [details]
basis of record Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp. (look up in IMIS) [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]
original description (of Patella auricola 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 electrina 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 goudoti Mabille, 1888) Mabille, J. (1888). De quelques coquilles nouvelles. <em>Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris.</em> ser. 7, 12 (2): 73-82., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31963950
page(s): 79-80 [details]
original description (of Patella laevigata 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 mabillei Locard, 1891) Locard, A. (1891). Les coquilles marines des côtes de France. <em>Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon.</em> 37: 1-385 [Published 31 October 1891; also published by Baillière as a book in 1892]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54577547
page(s): 227 [details]
original description (of Patella plumbea var. vatheleti Pilsbry, 1891) Pilsbry, H. A. (1891-1892). <i>Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species</i>. Ser. 1. Vol. 13: Acmaeidae, Lepetidae, Patellidae, Titiscaniidae. pp 1-195, pls 1-74. Philadelphia, published by the Conchological Section, Academy of Natural Sciences. [pp. 1-64, pls. 1-15, Aug. 3, 1891; pp. 65-112, pls. 16-35, Nov. 3, 1891; pp. 113-160, pls. 36-55, Jan. 30, 1892; pp. 161-195, pls. 56-74, Apr. 25, 1892]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/77917
page(s): 92 [details]
original description (of Patella vulgata var. picta Jeffreys, 1865) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). <i>British conchology</i>. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 237 [details]
original description (of Patella vulgata var. debilis 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 vulgata var. intermedia Murray, 1857) Murray, A. (1857). Notice of a marked variety of <i>Patella vulgata</i> (proposed to be named var. <i>intermedia</i>), found in Guernsey and Jersey (from Information communicated by Dr. Knapp). <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History, second series.</em> 19: 211-213., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2256181
page(s): 211-213 [details]
original description (of Patella taslei Mabille, 1888) Mabille, J. (1888). De quelques coquilles nouvelles. <em>Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris.</em> ser. 7, 12 (2): 73-82., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31963950
page(s): 78-79 [details]
basis of record Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp. (look up in IMIS) [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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Synonymy P. depressa is a nomen dubium according to Christiaens (1973, 1983), P. intermedia gets priority. Nevertheless the name Patella depressa is in usage among British authors (e.g. Graham, 1988) and is assumed as valid). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | platte schaalhorengekleurde schaalhoren [from synonym] | [details] |
| English | black-footed limpet | [details] |
| French | patelle [from synonym]bernique [from synonym] | [details] |
To Malacopics (Patella depressa Pennant, 1777 Portugal, Açores, live imported to Azores (Faial) as food (Lapas), collected 2000-07-00, ex coll. J. Trausel .)
To Malacopics (Patella depressa Pennant, 1777 Portugal, Aveiro, Costa Nova, beached, collected August 1990, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To Malacopics (Patella depressa Pennant, 1777 Portugal, Faro, Cabanas de Tavira, beached, collected 2000-04-00, ex coll. J. Trausel .)
To Malacopics (Patella depressa Pennant, 1777 Senegal, Dakar, off Dakar, ex coll. J.Ph. Voorwinde)
To Malacopics (Patella depressa Pennant, 1777 Spain, Galicia, Pontevedra, Illa de Arousa, Playa de con Retellado, at low tide, live on rocks, collected 2018-06-00, ex coll. J. Trausel .)
To NHMUK collection (Patella electrina Reeve, 1854; SYNTYPES; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3507355) (from synonym Patella electrina Reeve, 1854)
To ITIS
To Malacopics (Patella depressa Pennant, 1777 Portugal, Aveiro, Costa Nova, beached, collected August 1990, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To Malacopics (Patella depressa Pennant, 1777 Portugal, Faro, Cabanas de Tavira, beached, collected 2000-04-00, ex coll. J. Trausel .)
To Malacopics (Patella depressa Pennant, 1777 Senegal, Dakar, off Dakar, ex coll. J.Ph. Voorwinde)
To Malacopics (Patella depressa Pennant, 1777 Spain, Galicia, Pontevedra, Illa de Arousa, Playa de con Retellado, at low tide, live on rocks, collected 2018-06-00, ex coll. J. Trausel .)
To NHMUK collection (Patella electrina Reeve, 1854; SYNTYPES; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3507355) (from synonym Patella electrina Reeve, 1854)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
Unreviewed
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Hosted externally
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Hosted externally
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Hosted externally
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Hosted externally
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Hosted externally
