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Patella limatula

Gastropoda - Patellidae

Taxonomy
Patella limatula was named by Carpenter (1864). It is extant.

It was recombined as Acmaea limatula by Oldroyd (1925); it was recombined as Collisella limatula by Marincovich (1976); it was recombined as Lottia limatula by Hendy (2020) and Hendy (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Patella limatula Carpenter p. 564
1925Acmaea limatula Oldroyd p. 19
1976Collisella limatula Marincovich pp. table 6
2020Lottia limatula Hendy
2021Lottia limatula Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassPatellogastropoda(Lindberg 1986)
superfamilyPatelloidea()
familyPatellidae
subfamilyPatellinaeRafinesque 1815
genusPatella
specieslimatulaCarpenter 1864

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.

Patella limatula Carpenter 1864
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Diagnosis
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