Patella vulgata Linnaeus, 1758
(Common Limpet)

Patella vulgata (Common Limpet) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Patella vulgata (Common Limpet) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPatella vulgata (Common Limpet)
GenusPatella (rock limpets)
FamilyPATELLIDAE (limpets)
SuperfamilyPATELLOIDEA (a superfamily of molluscs)
SubclassPATELLOGASTROPODA (an order of molluscs)
ClassGASTROPODA (slugs and snails)
PhylumMOLLUSCA (slugs, snails, bivalves, octopus, sea slugs)
SuperphylumLOPHOTROCHOZOA (molluscs and relatives)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Patella vulgata (Common Limpet)

Patella vulgata (Common Limpet) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Gray, D.R. & Naylor, E. 1996 Foraging and homing behaviour of the limpet, Patella vulgata: a geographical comparison J. Mollus. Stud. Vol 62: 121-124.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Patella vulgata (Common Limpet):

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