Patella vulgata
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| Patella vulgata on a rock in Wales | |
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| (unranked): | clade Patellogastropoda
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| Species: | P. vulgata
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| Patella vulgata Linnaeus, 1758
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Patella vulgata, colloquially known as the common limpet, is an edible species of sea snail with gills, a typical true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Patellidae. It is endemic to the waters off western Europe.[1]
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Four Patella vulgata limpets on a rock in northwestern Galicia. One turned over to show the underside and muscular foot. -
Common limpet shells from Wales
See also
References
- ^ Oliver, A.P.H. (2004). Guide to Seashells of the World. Buffalo: Firefly Books. 28.
- Lespinet, Nederbragt, Cassan, Dictus, Van Loon, et al. Characterisation of two snail genes in the gastropod mollusc Patella vulgata. Implications for understanding the ancestral function of the snail-related genes in Bilateria. 2002.
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