Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Patella ulyssiponensis aspera

Gastropoda - Patellidae

Taxonomy
Patella aspera was named by Röding (1798). It is extant.

It was recombined as Patella caerula aspera by Lecointre et al. (1967); it was recombined as Patella ulyssiponensis aspera by Poppe and Goto (1991).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1798Patella aspera Röding
1967Patella caerula aspera Lecointre et al. p. 331
1991Patella ulyssiponensis aspera Poppe and Goto p. 71

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassPatellogastropoda(Lindberg 1986)
superfamilyPatelloidea()
familyPatellidae
subfamilyPatellinaeRafinesque 1815
genusPatella
speciesulyssiponensisGmelin 1791
subspeciesaspera(Röding 1798)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

show all | hide all
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Composition 2: aragonitef
Environment: marine, brackishf
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Attached: yessuperf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2008-03-19 03:50:52
Modified: 2011-09-03 16:57:01
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 2.58000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Italy Patella aspera (78312)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Patella caerula (127359)