Patella caerulea

Patella caerulea
Five views of a shell of Patella caerulea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Patellogastropoda
Superfamily:	Patelloidea
Family:	Patellidae
Genus:	Patella
Species:	P. caerulea
Binomial name
Patella caerulea Linnaeus, 1758

Patella caerulea, common name the rayed Mediterranean 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]

Description

Five views of a shell of Patella caerulea forma subplana

En la descripción morfológica de esta especie, nos debemos de central en su morfología externa, e interna. Se trata de una concha cónica, aplanada y de unos 4.5 mm de longitud. Externamente podemos observas la disposición de las costillas de una manera radial al apéndice de la concha. Internamente, observamos unas bandas oscuras, y una impronta musculatura central de nácar azul o blanquecino.

Distribution

P. caerulea is endemic to the waters of the Mediterranean Sea.^[3] 'P. coerulea' has recently been identified off the Cornish coast in the British Channel. Due to the rise of coastal temperatures, distribution is becoming more widespread.^[4]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Patella coerulea.

• (Italian) Patella coerulea
• Damen P. & Dictus W. J. A. G. (2002) "Newly-discovered muscle in the larva of Patella coerulea (Mollusca, Gastropoda) suggests the presence of a larval extensor". Contributions to Zoology 71(1/3). HTM

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Se trata de una concha cónica y aplanada, de unos 4.5 mm de longitud. Externamente podemos observar las costillas en una disposición radial al apéndice de la concha. Mientras que en el interior, observamos unas bandas oscuras y una impronta musculatura central de nácar azul o blanquecino.