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Patella lugubris

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Species of gastropod

Patella lugubris
Patella lugubris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Patellogastropoda
Family: Patellidae
Genus: Patella
Species: P. lugubris
Binomial name
Patella lugubris
Gmelin, 1791
Synonyms
  • Patella nidulina Locard, 1898
  • Patella nidulina var. rufescens Locard, 1898

Patella lugubris is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Patellidae, one of the families of true limpets.

Description

The length of the shell attains 50.4 mm.

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (December 2021)

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Verde and the Azores.

References

  1. Patella lugubris Gmelin, 1791. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 January 2019.
  2. "Patella (Patella) lugubris". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  • 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.
  • Titselaar F.F.L.M., 2019. Notes on the nomenclature of the Macaronesian Patella candei d'Orbigny complex, with special reference to Patella ordinaria Mabille and Patella crenata Gmelin (Patellogastropoda, Patellidae). Basteria 83(4-6): 158-165

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Taxon identifiers
Patella lugubris


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