page_title: Patella (gastropod)
section_title: Species
hierarchical_section_title: Patella (gastropod) / Species
caption_attribution_description: English: Patella gomesi Drouet, 1858&#160;; a limpet from the family Patellidae; Azores
context_page_description: Patella is a genus of sea snails with gills, typical true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Patellidae, the true limpets.
  Patella is the type genus of the family Patellidae.
context_section_description: Species within the genus Patella include:
  Subgenus Patella Linnaeus, 1758
  Patella aspera Röding, 1798
  Patella caerulea Linnaeus, 1758
  Patella depressa Pennant, 1777 - Patella depressa is a nomen dubium according to Christiaens (1973, 1983); Patella intermedia gets priority. Nevertheless the name Patella depressa is in usage among British authors (e.g. Graham, 1988) and is assumed as valid.
  Patella ferruginea Gmelin, 1791
  Patella gomesii Drouet, 1858
  Patella pellucida Linnaeus, 1758
  Patella piperata Gould, 1846
  Patella rustica Linnaeus, 1758
  Patella vulgata Linnaeus, 1758
  Subgenus Patellona Thiele in Troschel & Thiele, 1891
  Patella canescens Gmelin, 1791
  Patella lugubris Gmelin, 1791
  Subgenus ?
  Patella candei d'Orbigny, 1839
  Patella citrullus Gould, 1846
  Patella depsta Reeve, 1855
  Patella electrina Reeve, 1854
  Patella natalensis Krauss, 1848
  Patella rangiana Rochebrune, 1882
  Patella skelettensis Massier, 2009
  Patella swakopmundensis Massier, 2009
  Patella ulyssiponensis Gmelin, 1791 - synonyms: Patella aspera Lamarck, 1819; Patella athletica Bean, 1844
  Patella variabilis Krauss, 1848
  Species brought into synonymy
  List of synonyms of Patella
  Patella achates Reeve, 1855: synonym of Acmaea achates (Reeve, 1855)
  Patella aculeata Gmelin, 1791: synonym of Bostrycapulus aculeatus (Gmelin, 1791)
  Patella adansonii Dunker, 1853: synonym of Cymbula safiana (Lamarck, 1819)
  Patella afra Gmelin, 1791: synonym of Trimusculus afer (Gmelin, 1791)
  Patella alba da Costa, 1771: synonym of Patella caerulea Linnaeus, 1758
  Patella alba Anton, 1838: synonym of Patella caerulea Linnaeus, 1758
  Patella albescens Philippi, 1846: synonym of Iothia albescens (Philippi, 1846)
  Patella albida Mörch, 1853: synonym of Cymbula nigra (da Costa, 1771): synonym of Cymbula safiana (Lamarck, 1819)
  Patella algira Deshayes, 1840: synonym of Cymbula nigra (da Costa, 1771): synonym of Cymbula safiana (Lamarck, 1819)
  Patella ambigua Dillwyn, 1817: synonym of Scutus anatinus (Donovan, 1820)
  Patella amoena Say, 1822: synonym of Testudinalia testudinalis (O. F. Müller, 1776)
  Patella amphitrite Turton, 1932: synonym of Scutellastra barbara (Linnaeus, 1758)
  Patella anatina Donovan, 1820: synonym of Scutus anatinus (Donovan, 1820)
  Patella ancyloides Forbes, 1840, non J de C Sowerby, 1824 and Patella exigua W. Thompson, 1844 are synonyms for Propilidium exiguum (W. Thompson, 1844)
  Patella apertura Montagu, 1803: synonym of Diodora graeca (Linnaeus, 1758)
  Patella aphanes Robson, 1986: synonym of Scutellastra aphanes (Robson, 1986)
  Patella araucana d'Orbigny, 1839: synonym of Scurria araucana (d'Orbigny, 1839)
  Patella ardosiaea Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841: synonym of Cellana ardosiaea (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841)
  Patella argenvillei Krauss, 1848: synonym of Scutellastra argenvillei (Krauss, 1848)
  Patella articulata Reeve, 1855: synonym of Cellana cylindrica (Gmelin, 1791)
  Patella aspera Lamarck, 1819: synonym of Patella ulyssiponensis Gmelin, 1791
  Patella aster Reeve, 1855 : synonym of Cellana rota (Gmelin, 1791)
  Patella athletica Bean, 1844: synonym of Patella ulyssiponensis Gmelin, 1791
  Patella auricola da Costa, 1771: synonym of Patella depressa Pennant, 1777
  Patella auricularia Lightfoot, 1786: synonym of Dolabella auricularia (Lightfoot, 1786)
  Patella australis Lamarck, 1819: synonym of Sabia conica (Schumacher, 1817)
  Patella axiaerata Verco, 1912: synonym of Asteracmea axiaerata (Verco, 1912)
  Patella azorica Nuttal in Jay, 1852: synonym of Patella ulyssiponensis Gmelin, 1791
  Patella barbara Linnaeus, 1758: synonym of Scutellastra barbara (Linnaeus, 1758)
  Patella barbata Lamarck, 1819: synonym of Scutellastra barbara (Linnaeus, 1758)
  Patella baudonii Drouet, 1858: synonym of Patella ulyssiponensis Gmelin, 1791
  Patella bifida Fischer von Waldheim, 1807: synonym of Scutellastra barbara (Linnaeus, 1758)
  Patella bimaculata Montagu, 1803: synonym of Ansates pellucida (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Patella pellucida Linnaeus, 1758
  Patella boninensis Pilsbry, 1891: synonym of Cellana mazatlandica (G. B. Sowerby I, 1839)
  Patella bonnardii Payraudeau, 1826: synonym of Patella ulyssipon
caption: shell of Patella gomesii
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