Patella rustica

Patella rustica
Patella rustica
ventral view of Patella rustica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Patellogastropoda
Superfamily: Patelloidea
Family: Patellidae
Genus: Patella
Species: P. rustica
Binomial name
Patella rustica
Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms

Patella lusitanica Gmelin 1791

Patella rustica, common name Rustic Limpet[1] is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Patellidae, one of the families of true limpets.[2]

Contents

Description

Distribution

References

  1. ^ http://www.manandmollusc.net/molluscan_food_files/molluscan_food_6.html
  2. ^ Patella rustica Linnaeus, 1758.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140683 on 8 April 2010.

External links