38 Species in Family Patellidae
Nominal species list for Patellidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Cymbula compressa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cymbula granatina (Linnaeus, 1758) Granite limpet
Cymbula miniata (Born, 1778) Pink-rayed limpet
Cymbula nigra (da Costa, 1771)
Cymbula oculus (Born, 1778) Goat's eye limpet
Cymbula safiana (Lamarck, 1819)
Helcion concolor (Krauss, 1848) Variable limpet
Helcion dunkeri (Krauss, 1848)
Helcion pectinata (Born, 1778)
Helcion pellucidus Linnaeus, 1758 Translucid limpet
Helcion pruinosus (Krauss, 1848)
Helcion tella (Bergh, 1871)
Patella adansonii Dunker, 1853
Patella asprea Röding, 1798
Patella caerulea Linnaeus, 1758 Rayed mediterranean limpet
Patella candei d'Orbigny, 1839
Patella canescens Gmelin, 1791
Patella depressa Pennant, 1777 Black-footed limpet
Patella ferruginea Gmelin, 1791 Ferreous limpet
Patella intermedia unspecified
Patella kermadecensis Pilsbry, 1894
Patella lugubris Gmelin, 1791 Mournful limpet
Patella mexicana Broderip & Sowerby, 1829 Giant mexican limpet
Patella miliaris Philippi, 1848
Patella pellucida Linnaeus, 1758 Blue-rayed limpet
Patella pica Reeve, 1854
Patella rustica Linnaeus, 1758 Rustic limpet
Patella safiana Lamarck, 1819 Safian limpet
Patella ulyssiponensis Gmelin, 1791 China limpet
Patella vulgata Linnaeus, 1758 Common limpet
Patina pellucida (Linnaeus, 1758)
Scutellastra chapmani (Tenison Woods, 1875)
Scutellastra cochlear (Born, 1778) Pear limpet
Scutellastra flexuosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) Star-shaped limpet
Scutellastra granularis (Linnaeus, 1758) Granular limpet
Scutellastra laticostata (Blainville, 1825) Wide-ribbed patella
Scutellastra longicosta (Lamarck, 1819) Duck's foot
Scutellastra peronii (Blainville, 1825)
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