Patellidae: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
m robot Adding: sk:Mištičky |
GrahamBould (talk | contribs) mNo edit summary |
||
| Line 25: | Line 25: | ||
**''[[Patella caerulea]]'' <small>[[Linnaeus]]</small> |
**''[[Patella caerulea]]'' <small>[[Linnaeus]]</small> |
||
**''[[Patella intermedia]]'' <small>Pennant</small> |
**''[[Patella intermedia]]'' <small>Pennant</small> |
||
**''[[Patella nigra]]'' <small>(da Costa, 1771)</small> |
**''[[Patella nigra]]'' <small>([[Emanuel Mendez da Costa|da Costa]], 1771)</small> |
||
**''[[Patella rustica]]'' <small>[[Linnaeus]]</small> |
**''[[Patella rustica]]'' <small>[[Linnaeus]]</small> |
||
**''[[Patella ulyssiponensis]]'' <small>Gmelin</Small> |
**''[[Patella ulyssiponensis]]'' <small>Gmelin</Small> |
||
Revision as of 05:28, 20 February 2009
| Patellidae | |
|---|---|
| |
| Patella vulgata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | |
| Phylum: | |
| Class: | |
| Order: | |
| Superfamily: | |
| Family: | Patellidae Rafinesque, 1815
|
| Genera and species | |
|
See text. | |
Patellidae is a taxonomic family of sea snails or true limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Patellogastropoda.
For more information, please see Limpet.
Genera and species in the family Patellidae
- Helcion Dentfort, 1810
- Helioniscus
- Patella Linnaeus, 1758
- Patina Gray, 1840
- Rhodopetala
Practical application
A study of Patella caerulea found that this limpet reduced the cover of algae and barnacles on steel panels suspended in sea water in a commercial port, suggesting that the limpet could be used to inhibit fouling of ship hulls [1].
References
- "Patellidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1