Patella depressa

Patella depressa 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]

Patella depressa
A shell of Patella depressa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Patellogastropoda
Family:	Patellidae
Genus:	Patella
Species:	P. depressa
Binomial name
Patella depressa Pennant, 1777
Synonyms[1]
Patella auricola da Costa, 1771 (dubious synonym) Patella electrina Reeve, 1854 Patella goudoti Mabille, 1888 Patella intermedia Murray in Knapp, 1857 (junior synonym) Patella laevigata Gmelin, 1791 (dubious synonym) Patella mabillei Locard, 1892 Patella plumbea vatheleti Pilsbry, 1891 Patella taslei Mabille, 1888 Patella vulgata var. debilis Pallary, 1920 Patella vulgata var. picta Jeffreys, 1865

Patella depressa is a nomen dubium according to Christiaens (1973, 1983); Patella intermedia gets priority.^[1] Nevertheless, the name Patella depressa is in usage among British authors (e.g. Graham, 1988) and is assumed as valid.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 40.2 mm

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Morocco.

Patella depressa, ventral view

References

This article incorporates CC-BY-3.0 text from the reference.^[1]

1. Patella depressa Pennant, 1777. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 Augustl 2010.

• Knapp (1857). Notice of a marked variety of Patella vulgata (proposed to be named var. intermedia), found in Guernsey and Jersey (from Information communicated by Dr. Knapp). Annals and Magazine of Natural History (2) 19: 211-213.
• Mabille, J., 1888. De quelques coquilles nouvelles. Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris 7(12): 73-82
• Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp.
• 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

External links

• Reeve, L. A. (1854-1855). Monograph of the genus Patella. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 8, pls 1-42 and unpaginated tex. L. Reeve & Co., London.
• Mabille, J. (1888). De quelques coquilles nouvelles. Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris. ser. 7, 12 (2): 73-82
• Gmelin J.F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig. pp. 3021-3910]
• Locard, A. (1891). Les coquilles marines des côtes de France. Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon. 37: 1-385
• Pilsbry, H. A. (1891-1892). Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species. Ser. 1. Vol. 13: Acmaeidae, Lepetidae, Patellidae, Titiscaniidae. pp 1-195, pls 1-74. Philadelphia, published by the Conchological Section, Academy of Natural Sciences.
• Jeffreys J.G. (1862-1869). British conchology. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341
• Pallary, P. (1920). Exploration scientifique du Maroc organisée par la Société de Géographie de Paris et continuée par la Société des Sciences Naturelles du Maroc. Deuxième fascicule. Malacologie. i>Larose, Rabat et Paris pp. 108. 1(1): map
• 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.