Patella rustica Linnaeus, 1758

Identity confusions:

Conservation Status

Conservation status and major threats

Synonyms

Patella gorgonica da Costa, 1771
Patella lusitanica Gmelin, 1791
Patella lusitanica var. minor Marion, 1883
Patella nigropunctata Reeve, 1854
Patella polita Risso, 1826
Patella punctata Lamarck, 1819
Patella punctulata Gmelin, 1791
Patella rustica var. maroccana Pallary, 1920
Patella rustica var. orientalis Pallary, 1938
Patella squamata Röding, 1798
Patella subgranularis Blainville, 1825
Patella variabilis Risso, 1826
Patella rustica var. orientalis Pallary, 1938
Patella squamata Röding, 1798
Patella subgranularis Blainville, 1825
Patella variabilis Risso, 1826

International References

original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.542 [details]

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213. [details]

additional source Côrte-Real H.B.S.M., Hawkins S.J. & Thorpe J.P. (1996). An interpretation of the taxonomic relationship between the limpets Patella rustica and Patella piperata. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 76: 717-732 [details]

additional source Nakano T. & Ozawa T. (2007). Worldwide phylogeography of limpets of the order Patellogastropoda: molecular, morphological and paleontological evidence. Journal of Molluscan Studies 73(1): 79–99. [details]

additional source Koufopanou et al (1999). A molecular phylogeny of the patellid limpets (Gastropoda: Patellidae) and its implications for the origins of their antitropical distribution Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 11(1):138-156 [details]

additional source Sá-Pinto A., Baird S.J.E., Pinho C., Alexandrino P. & Branco M. 2010. A three-way contact zone between forms of Patella rustica (Mollusca: Patellidae) in the central Mediterranean Sea. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 100(1): 154–169. [details]

additional source Côrte-Real H.B.S.M., Hawkins S.J. & Thorpe J.P. (1996). An interpretation of the taxonomic relationship between the limpets Patella rustica and Patella piperata. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 76: 717-732 [details]

additional source Nakano T. & Ozawa T. (2007). Worldwide phylogeography of limpets of the order Patellogastropoda: molecular, morphological and paleontological evidence. Journal of Molluscan Studies 73(1): 79–99. [details]

additional source Sá-Pinto A., Baird S.J.E., Pinho C., Alexandrino P. & Branco M. 2010. A three-way contact zone between forms of Patella rustica (Mollusca: Patellidae) in the central Mediterranean Sea. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 100(1): 154–169. [details]

original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.542 [details]

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. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 11(1): 138-156., available online at https://doi.org/10.1006/mpev.1998.0557 [details]