North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Patella vulgata Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

140685 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140685)

Classification

Status

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Species

Type taxon of

Patella Linnaeus, 1758

Parent

Patella Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Patella vulgata Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Patella conica Anton, 1838 · unaccepted (synonym)

Patella hypsilotera Locard, 1891 · unaccepted (synonym)

Patella radiata Perry, 1811 · unaccepted (synonym)

Patella vulgata var. aurea Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1906 · unaccepted (synonym)

Patella vulgata var. communis T. Brown, 1844 · unaccepted (synonym)

Patella vulgata var. elevata Jeffreys, 1865 · unaccepted (synonym)

Patella vulgata var. major Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1906 · unaccepted (synonym)

Patella vulgata var. secernenda Dautzenberg, 1887 · unaccepted (synonym)

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Variety Patella vulgata var. albula De Gregorio, 1884 accepted as Patella ulyssiponensis Gmelin, 1791 (synonym)
Variety Patella vulgata var. aurea Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1906 accepted as Patella vulgata Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
Variety Patella vulgata var. cimbulata De Gregorio, 1884 accepted as Patella ulyssiponensis Gmelin, 1791 (synonym)
Variety Patella vulgata var. comina De Gregorio, 1884 accepted as Patella ulyssiponensis Gmelin, 1791 (synonym)
Variety Patella vulgata var. communis T. Brown, 1844 accepted as Patella vulgata Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
Variety Patella vulgata var. debilis Pallary, 1920 accepted as Patella depressa Pennant, 1777 (synonym)
Variety Patella vulgata var. depressaspera De Gregorio, 1884 accepted as Patella ulyssiponensis Gmelin, 1791 (synonym)
Variety Patella vulgata var. elevata Jeffreys, 1865 accepted as Patella vulgata Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
Variety Patella vulgata var. major Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1906 accepted as Patella vulgata Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
Variety Patella vulgata var. picta Jeffreys, 1865 accepted as Patella depressa Pennant, 1777 (synonym)
Variety Patella vulgata var. secernenda Dautzenberg, 1887 accepted as Patella vulgata Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)

Environment

marine

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 782 (sp. nr 664) [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Patella vulgata Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140685 on 2026-08-08

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Patella vulgata Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=140685 on 2026-08-08

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 782 (sp. nr 664) [details] Available for editors

original description (of Patella conica Anton, 1838) Anton, H. E. (1838). Verzeichniss der Conchylien welche sich in der Sammlung von Herrmann Eduard Anton befinden. Herausgegeben von dem Besitzer. Halle: Anton. xvi + 110 pp. [Title page dated 1839, but volume actually published in 1838; see Cernohorsky, 1978, The Veliger 20(3): 299]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11967421 [details]

original description (of Patella hypsilotera Locard, 1891) Locard, A. (1891). Les coquilles marines des côtes de France. Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon. 37: 1-385 [Published 31 October 1891; also published by Baillière as a book in 1892]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54577547
page(s): 226 [details]

original description (of Patella radiata Perry, 1811) Perry, G. (1811). Conchology, or the natural history of shells: containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings executed from the natural specimens, and including the latest discoveries. W. Miller, London, 4 pp. + 61 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41764832 [details]

original description (of Patella vulgata var. elevata Jeffreys, 1865) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). British conchology. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 237 [details]

original description (of Patella vulgata var. secernenda Dautzenberg, 1887) Dautzenberg, P. (1887). Une excursion malacologique à Saint-Lunaire (Ille-et-Vilaine) et aux environs de cette localité. Bulletin de la Société d'études scientifiques de Paris. 9(2): 96-122 [reprint 1-27]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60785491 [details]

original description (of Patella vulgata var. aurea Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1906) Dautzenberg, Ph.; Durouchoux, P. (1906). Supplément à la faunule malacologique des environs de Saint-Malo. La Feuille des Jeunes Naturalistes. 36: 39-45, 53-60, 73-77., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5911930 [details]

original description (of Patella vulgata var. major Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1906) Dautzenberg, Ph.; Durouchoux, P. (1906). Supplément à la faunule malacologique des environs de Saint-Malo. La Feuille des Jeunes Naturalistes. 36: 39-45, 53-60, 73-77., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5911930 [details]

original description (of Patella vulgata var. communis T. Brown, 1844) Brown, T. (1838-1844). Illustrations of the Recent Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland, with the description and localities of all the species, marine, land, and fresh water. Second edition, greatly enlarged. London: Smith, Elder, & Co & Edinburgh: MacLachlan and Stewart; London: Smith, Elder, & Co & Edinburgh: MacLachlan and Stewart., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10921172 [details]

context source (Schelde) Maris, T., O. Beauchard, S. Van Damme, E. Van den Bergh, S. Wijnhoven & P. Meire. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. [Reference matrices and Ecotope areas Annex to the Evaluation methodology Scheldt estuary Study on “Ecotope areas and intactness index”. Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke. 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

additional source 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., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eym001 [details] Available for editors

additional source Koufopanou, V., Reid, D.G., Ridgeway, S.A., & Thomas, R.H. (1999). A molecular phylogeny of the patellid limpets (Gastropoda: Patellidae) and its implications for the origins of their antitropical distribution. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 11(1): 138-156., available online at https://doi.org/10.1006/mpev.1998.0557 [details]

additional source Vanderperren, J.-P. (1991). Natural History Archive [Natuurhistorisch Archief]. De Strandvlo 11(4): 101-108 (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 106 [details]

additional source Issel, A. (1865). Catalogo dei molluschi raccolti dalla missione italiana in Persia aggiuntavi la descrizione delle specie nuove o poco note. Stamperia Reale, Torino, 55 pp, pls 1-3., available online at http://www.internetculturale.it/it/16/search/viewresource?id=oai:www.sba.unifi.it:12:IC0003:RMR0024873&case=&instanceName=mag&descSource=Biblioteca%20digitale&descSourceLevel2=SBA%20-%20Firenze
page(s): 26 [details]

additional source Degner, E. (1933). Limpets bored by predacious gastropods?. The Nautilus. 46(3): 103., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8519458 [details]

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]

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Definitions

Language	Name
Dutch	schaalhorengewone schaalhoren	[details]
English	common limpet	[details]
French	patelle communebernique	[details]
German	gemeine Napfschnecke	[details]