| Basic info | Taxonomic history | Classification | Relationships |
| Morphology | Ecology and taphonomy | External Literature Search | Age range and collections |
Patella
Gastropoda - Patellogastropoda - Patellidae
Taxonomy
Patella was named by Linnaeus (1758) [Sepkoski's age data: K Albi R]. It is extant. Its type is Patella vulgata.
It was assigned to Gastropoda by Helbling (1779); to Patellinae by Knight et al. (1960) and Pacaud and Le Renard (1995); to Patellogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Patellidae by Ladd (1966), Kase (1984), Kensley and Pether (1986), Wilson (1993), van den Hoek Ostende et al. (2002) and Bouchet et al. (2005).
It was assigned to Gastropoda by Helbling (1779); to Patellinae by Knight et al. (1960) and Pacaud and Le Renard (1995); to Patellogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Patellidae by Ladd (1966), Kase (1984), Kensley and Pether (1986), Wilson (1993), van den Hoek Ostende et al. (2002) and Bouchet et al. (2005).
Species
P. (Cymbula), P. (Patella), P. anthracophila, P. caerulea, P. candei, P. capulina, P. costaria, P. costulata, P. crasseradiata, P. crateriformis, P. deformis, P. duclosii, P. dulcis, P. flexuosa, P. glabra, P. granatina, P. granularis, P. granulata (syn. P. nuda), P. gremblichi, P. hendeyi, P. hochstetteri, P. hoffmani, P. hollebeni, P. intermedia (syn. P. mabillei), P. jingguensis, P. laticostata, P. longicosta, P. mateoensis, P. nelsonensis, P. nigra (syn. P. safiana), P. oculus, P. ottomana, P. pennata, P. peronii, P. reussi, P. rimosa, P. scutatella, P. sheehani, P. sparsicostata, P. striatula, P. stuarti, P. subglabra, P. timorensis, P. ulyssiponensis, P. vulgata (type species)
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1758 | Patella Linnaeus |
| 1779 | Patela Helbling pp. 110-111 |
| 1960 | Patella Knight et al. p. 234 |
| 1966 | Patella Ladd p. 32 |
| 1984 | Patella Kase p. 53 |
| 1986 | Patella Kensley and Pether p. 151 |
| 1993 | Patella Wilson p. 36 |
| 1995 | Patella Pacaud and Le Renard p. 152 |
| 2002 | Patella Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2002 | Patella van den Hoek Ostende et al. p. 4 |
| 2005 | Patella Bouchet et al. p. 126 |
Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data
|
|
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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available