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Patellid Limpets
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Patellid Limpets

Patellidae

Patellidae is a taxonomic family of true limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Patelloidea.

(The superfamily Patelloidea should not be confused with the similar-sounding genus of true limpets Patelloida which is in the family Lottiidae within the superfamily Lottioidea, also part of the Patellogastropoda.)

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4 branches of this family, most-observed first

Patella

genusPatella

Scutellastra

genusScutellastra

Cymbula

genusCymbula

Helcion

genusHelcion

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Where it lives

Recorded sightings

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Patellid Limpets in Georg Wolfgang Knorr; Johann Ernst Immanuel Walch — Schnecken und Muscheln (1770)

Georg Wolfgang Knorr; Johann Ernst Immanuel Walch — Schnecken und Muscheln (1770)

Georg Wolfgang Knorr; Johann Ernst Immanuel Walch · 1770 · p.17

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 51740.