WoRMS taxon details
Nacella mytilina (Helbling, 1779)
456658 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:456658)
accepted
Species
Nacella (Nacella) mytilina (Helbling, 1779) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Nacella compressa Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889 · unaccepted
Nacella falklandica Preston, 1913 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Nacella mytiloides Schumacher, 1817 · unaccepted
Patella conchacea Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted
Patella cymbium R. A. Philippi, 1845 · unaccepted
Patella cymbularia Lamarck, 1819 · unaccepted
Patella cymbuloides R. P. Lesson, 1831 · unaccepted
Patella hyalina R. A. Philippi, 1845 · unaccepted
Patella mytiliformis [Lightfoot], 1786 · unaccepted
Patella mytilina Helbling, 1779 · unaccepted (original combination)
Patella vitrea R. A. Philippi, 1845 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Patella mytilina 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): 104, pl. 1 figs 5-6 [details]
page(s): 104, pl. 1 figs 5-6 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Nacella mytilina (Helbling, 1779). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456658 on 2025-05-19
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Nacella mytiloides Schumacher, 1817) Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. <em>Schultz, Copenghagen.</em> iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329
page(s): 179, pl. 21 fig. 3 [details]
original description (of Patella mytilina 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): 104, pl. 1 figs 5-6 [details]
original description (of Patella mytiliformis [Lightfoot], 1786) Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464
page(s): 42 [details]
original description (of Patella conchacea 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
page(s): 3708 [details]
original description (of Patella cymbularia 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
page(s): 335 [details]
original description (of Patella cymbuloides R. P. Lesson, 1831) Lesson, R. P. (1830-1831). Chapitre XI. Mollusques, Annélides et Vers; par R.-P. Lesson. pp. 239-456 [15 Nov 1831], plates 1-16 [Mollusques 1-3, 09 Jan 1830; Mollusques 4-6, 01 May 1830; Mollusques 7, 26 May 1830; Mollusques 8-9, 25 Nov 1830; Mollusques 12, 07 Mar 1831; Mollusques 10, 25 Jul 1831; Mollusques 11, 13 Oct 1831; Mollusques 14, 16, 15 Nov 1831; Mollusques 13, 15, 22 Dec 1831]. In: Lesson R.P. 1830-1831. Voyage autour du monde, exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de Sa Majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825. Zoologie, par M. Lesson. Tome Second. 1re Partie. Paris, Arthus Bertrand, Libraire-Editeur, Imprimerie de Firmin Didot.<br>link to<a href="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38663729" target="_blank">Text</a> link to <a href="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38768370" target="_blank">Plates</a>. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38663729
page(s): 422 [details]
original description (of Patella hyalina R. A. Philippi, 1845) Philippi, [R.] A. (1845). Diagnosen einiger neuen Conchylien. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 11: 50-71., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14776400
page(s): 59 [details]
original description (of Patella vitrea R. A. Philippi, 1845) Philippi, [R.] A. (1845). Diagnosen einiger neuen Conchylien. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 11: 50-71., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14776400
page(s): 60 [details]
original description (of Patella cymbium R. A. Philippi, 1845) Philippi, [R.] A. (1845). Diagnosen einiger neuen Conchylien. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 11: 50-71., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14776400
page(s): 60 [details]
original description (of Nacella compressa Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889) Rochebrune A.T. de & Mabille J. (1889). Mollusques. <i>in</i>: Mission Scientifique du Cap Horn 1882-1883. Tome 6 (Zoologie 2, part 8). <em>Paris, Gauthiers-Villars.</em> H.1-H.129, pls. 1-8., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/105001
page(s): H98 [details]
original description (of Nacella falklandica Preston, 1913) Preston, H. B. (1913). Description of fifteen new species and varieties of marine shells from the Falkland Islands. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 8.</em> 11: 218–223., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18635779
page(s): 221, pl. 4, fig. 6 [details]
basis of record González-Wevar C.A., Hüne M., Rosenfeld S., Nakano T., Saucède T., Spencer H. & Poulin E. (2018). Systematic revision of <i>Nacella</i> (Patellogastropoda: Nacellidae) based on a complete phylogeny of the genus, with the description of a new species from the southern tip of South America. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zly067., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zly067
page(s): fig. 6 [details]
basis of record 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
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page(s): 179, pl. 21 fig. 3 [details]
original description (of Patella mytilina 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): 104, pl. 1 figs 5-6 [details]
original description (of Patella mytiliformis [Lightfoot], 1786) Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464
page(s): 42 [details]
original description (of Patella conchacea 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
page(s): 3708 [details]
original description (of Patella cymbularia 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
page(s): 335 [details]
original description (of Patella cymbuloides R. P. Lesson, 1831) Lesson, R. P. (1830-1831). Chapitre XI. Mollusques, Annélides et Vers; par R.-P. Lesson. pp. 239-456 [15 Nov 1831], plates 1-16 [Mollusques 1-3, 09 Jan 1830; Mollusques 4-6, 01 May 1830; Mollusques 7, 26 May 1830; Mollusques 8-9, 25 Nov 1830; Mollusques 12, 07 Mar 1831; Mollusques 10, 25 Jul 1831; Mollusques 11, 13 Oct 1831; Mollusques 14, 16, 15 Nov 1831; Mollusques 13, 15, 22 Dec 1831]. In: Lesson R.P. 1830-1831. Voyage autour du monde, exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de Sa Majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825. Zoologie, par M. Lesson. Tome Second. 1re Partie. Paris, Arthus Bertrand, Libraire-Editeur, Imprimerie de Firmin Didot.<br>link to<a href="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38663729" target="_blank">Text</a> link to <a href="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38768370" target="_blank">Plates</a>. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38663729
page(s): 422 [details]
original description (of Patella hyalina R. A. Philippi, 1845) Philippi, [R.] A. (1845). Diagnosen einiger neuen Conchylien. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 11: 50-71., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14776400
page(s): 59 [details]
original description (of Patella vitrea R. A. Philippi, 1845) Philippi, [R.] A. (1845). Diagnosen einiger neuen Conchylien. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 11: 50-71., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14776400
page(s): 60 [details]
original description (of Patella cymbium R. A. Philippi, 1845) Philippi, [R.] A. (1845). Diagnosen einiger neuen Conchylien. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 11: 50-71., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14776400
page(s): 60 [details]
original description (of Nacella compressa Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889) Rochebrune A.T. de & Mabille J. (1889). Mollusques. <i>in</i>: Mission Scientifique du Cap Horn 1882-1883. Tome 6 (Zoologie 2, part 8). <em>Paris, Gauthiers-Villars.</em> H.1-H.129, pls. 1-8., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/105001
page(s): H98 [details]
original description (of Nacella falklandica Preston, 1913) Preston, H. B. (1913). Description of fifteen new species and varieties of marine shells from the Falkland Islands. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 8.</em> 11: 218–223., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18635779
page(s): 221, pl. 4, fig. 6 [details]
basis of record González-Wevar C.A., Hüne M., Rosenfeld S., Nakano T., Saucède T., Spencer H. & Poulin E. (2018). Systematic revision of <i>Nacella</i> (Patellogastropoda: Nacellidae) based on a complete phylogeny of the genus, with the description of a new species from the southern tip of South America. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zly067., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zly067
page(s): fig. 6 [details]
basis of record 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

Taxonomy
status source
Gonzalez-Wevar C.A., T. Nakano, J.I. Canete & E. Poulin (2011) Concerted genetic, morphological and ecological diversification in <i>Nacella</i> limpets in the Magellanic Province. <i>Molecular Ecology</i> 20: 1936-1951. [details]





To Barcode of Life (83 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Nacella mytilina)
To GenBank (96 nucleotides; 90 proteins)
To GenBank (96 nucleotides; 90 proteins) (from synonym Patella mytilina Helbling, 1779)
To Malacopics (Nacella mytilina (f) hyalina (R.A.Philippi,1845) South-Georgia and the South Sandwi...
To Malacopics (Nacella mytilina (Helbling, 1779))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Nacella mytilina (2) 252872)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Nacella mytilina)
To GenBank (96 nucleotides; 90 proteins)
To GenBank (96 nucleotides; 90 proteins) (from synonym Patella mytilina Helbling, 1779)
To Malacopics (Nacella mytilina (f) hyalina (R.A.Philippi,1845) South-Georgia and the South Sandwi...
To Malacopics (Nacella mytilina (Helbling, 1779))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Nacella mytilina (2) 252872)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection