WoRMS taxon details
Scutellastra mexicana (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829)
456684 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:456684)
accepted
Species
Ancistromesus mexicanus (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Patella gigantea R. P. Lesson, 1831 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Patella maxima A. d'Orbigny, 1841 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Patella mexicana Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine
(of Patella mexicana Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829) Broderip, W. J. & Sowerby, G. B. I. (1829). Observations on new or interesting Mollusca contained, for the most part, in the Museum of the Zoological Society. <em>Zoological Journal.</em> 4: 359-379, pl. 9. [January]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27485275
page(s): 369 [details]
page(s): 369 [details]
Type locality contained in Cortezian
type locality contained in Cortezian [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Scutellastra mexicana (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=456684 on 2025-05-17
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Patella mexicana Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829) Broderip, W. J. & Sowerby, G. B. I. (1829). Observations on new or interesting Mollusca contained, for the most part, in the Museum of the Zoological Society. <em>Zoological Journal.</em> 4: 359-379, pl. 9. [January]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27485275
page(s): 369 [details]
original description (of Patella gigantea 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): 423 [details]
original description (of Patella maxima A. d'Orbigny, 1841) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1834-1847). <i>Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale (le Brésil, la république orientale de l'Uruguay, la République argentine, la Patagonie, la république du Chili, la république de Bolivia, la république du Pérou), exécuté pendant les années 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832 et 1833</i>. Tome 5(3) Mollusques. pp. i-xliii, 1-758, 85 plates [pls 1-2, 1834; pp. 1-104, pls 3-7, 10, 12, 1835; pp. 105-184, pls 8-9, 11, 13-23, 25-28, 1836; pls 24, 29-43, 41bis, 45-46, 1837; pp. 185-376, pls 44, 47-52, 55, 1838; pls 54, 56-65, 1839; pl. 66, 1840; pp. 377-488, pls 53, 67-77, 80, 1841; pp. 489-758, 1846; pls 78-79, 82-85, 1847]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49211253
page(s): 482 [details]
basis of record 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]
page(s): 369 [details]
original description (of Patella gigantea 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): 423 [details]
original description (of Patella maxima A. d'Orbigny, 1841) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1834-1847). <i>Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale (le Brésil, la république orientale de l'Uruguay, la République argentine, la Patagonie, la république du Chili, la république de Bolivia, la république du Pérou), exécuté pendant les années 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832 et 1833</i>. Tome 5(3) Mollusques. pp. i-xliii, 1-758, 85 plates [pls 1-2, 1834; pp. 1-104, pls 3-7, 10, 12, 1835; pp. 105-184, pls 8-9, 11, 13-23, 25-28, 1836; pls 24, 29-43, 41bis, 45-46, 1837; pp. 185-376, pls 44, 47-52, 55, 1838; pls 54, 56-65, 1839; pl. 66, 1840; pp. 377-488, pls 53, 67-77, 80, 1841; pp. 489-758, 1846; pls 78-79, 82-85, 1847]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49211253
page(s): 482 [details]
basis of record 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]
Other
additional source
Espinosa, F.; Carballo, J. L.; Bautista-Guerrero, E.; Yáñez, B.; García-Gómez, J. C.; Michel-Morfín, J. E. (2020). Redescription of the highly endangered species<i>Scutellastra mexicana</i>(Broderip & G.B. Sowerby I, 1829) (Mollusca, Gastropoda). <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 54(15-16): 991-1007., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2020.1777337 [details] Available for editors 
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | giant Mexican limpet | [details] |
| German | Mexikanische Riesen-Napfschnecke | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications) (from synonym Patella mexicana Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scutellastra mexicana)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Patella mexicana Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829)
To Malacopics (Scutellastra mexicana (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829) Mexico, Jalisco, Bahia Cha...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Patella mexicana Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications) (from synonym Patella mexicana Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scutellastra mexicana)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 5 proteins) (from synonym Patella mexicana Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829)
To Malacopics (Scutellastra mexicana (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829) Mexico, Jalisco, Bahia Cha...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Patella mexicana Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
