| Patella vulgata | |
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| Patella vulgata on a rock in Wales | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Patellogastropoda |
| Family: | Patellidae |
| Genus: | Patella |
| Species: | P. vulgata |
| Binomial name | |
| Patella vulgata Linnaeus, 1758 |
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Patella vulgata, colloquially known as the common limpet or Common European Limpet[1] 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.[2]