Patella depressa Pennant 1777

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 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]

• 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