Patella_rustica

<i>Patella rustica</i>

Patella rustica

Species of gastropod

Patella rustica, the Lusitanian limpet[2] or rustic limpet[3] is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Patellidae, one of the families of true limpets.[1] It is a rocky shore intertidal mollusc found throughout the Mediterranean and the north-east Atlantic from Mauritania to southern France.[4]

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Description

Distribution

References

  1. [1]
    Patella rustica Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 April 2010.
  2. [2]
    "Patella rustica Linnaeus, 1758". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  3. [3]
    "Edible Molluscs Page 6".
  4. [4]
    Ribeiro, Pedro A.; Branco, Madalena; Hawkins, Stephen J.; Santos, António M. (2010). "Recent changes in the distribution of a marine gastropod, Patella rustica, across the Iberian Atlantic coast did not result in diminished genetic diversity or increased connectivity". Sigarra.up.pt (in Portuguese). 37 (9): 1782. Bibcode:2010JBiog..37.1782R. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02330.x. S2CID 84021233. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
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