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Rustic limpet
Patella rustica on rocks
ventral view of Patella rustica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Patellogastropoda
Family:	Patellidae
Genus:	Patella
Species:	P. rustica
Binomial name
Patella rustica Linnaeus, 1758
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 (dubious synonym) Patella rustica var. maroccana Pallary, 1920 Patella rustica var. orientalis Pallary, 1938 Patella squamata Röding, 1798 Patella subgranularis de Blainville, 1825 Patella variabilis Risso, 1826

Patella rustica, the Lusitanian limpet or rustic limpet is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Patellidae, one of the families of true limpets. It is a rocky shore intertidal mollusc found throughout the Mediterranean and the north-east Atlantic from Mauritania to southern France.

Description

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Distribution

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References

1. ^ Patella rustica Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 April 2010.
2. "Patella rustica Linnaeus, 1758". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
3. "Edible Molluscs Page 6".
4. Ribeiro, Pedro A.; Branco, Madalena; Hawkins, Stephen J.; Santos, António M. (2010). "Recent changes in the distribution of a marine gastropod, Patella rustica, across the Iberian Atlantic coast did not result in diminished genetic diversity or increased connectivity". Sigarra.up.pt (in Portuguese). 37 (9): 1782. Bibcode:2010JBiog..37.1782R. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02330.x. S2CID 84021233. Retrieved 13 June 2021.

• 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

External links

• Somali.asso.fr: Patella rustica

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