Patellidae

Patella pellucida Linnaeus, 1758

Patella pellucida is a small limpet with a distinctive translucent amber spotted shell found in the eastern Atlantic.

Patella vulgata Linnaeus, 1758

Patella vulgata, the common European limpet, is a true limpet marine gastropod found in Western European waters.

Patella aspera Röding, 1798

Patella aspera Röding, 1798 is an eastern Atlantic limpet harvested for food, threatened by overharvesting due to its protandric life cycle.

Patella caerulea Linnaeus, 1758

Patella caerulea is a shelled species with distinct angled shells, found in the Mediterranean and parts of the Atlantic.

Patella ulyssiponensis Gmelin, 1791

Patella ulyssiponensis, the rough or China limpet, is an edible Atlantic and Mediterranean true limpet species.

Patella rustica Linnaeus, 1758

Patella rustica, the Lusitanian or rustic limpet, is a true limpet marine gastropod found from Mauritania to southern France in the northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean.

Patella ferruginea Gmelin, 1791

Patella ferruginea is an endangered large endemic Mediterranean limpet that lives on intertidal rocky shores.

Scutellastra granularis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Scutellastra granularis is a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the true limpet family Patellidae.

Scutellastra longicosta (Lamarck, 1819)

Scutellastra longicosta is a star-shaped ribbed seashell found in South Africa's intertidal rocky shores.

Scutellastra cochlear (Born, 1778)

Scutellastra cochlear is a pear-shelled slow-growing limpet native to exposed South African coasts.

Scutellastra barbara (Linnaeus, 1758)

Scutellastra barbara, the bearded limpet, is a limpet species found across South Africa's coasts, with genetically uniform, morphologically identical populations.

Scutellastra peronii (Blainville, 1825)

Scutellastra peronii, Peron's scaly limpet, is a true limpet marine gastropod found along the coasts of Australia.

Scutellastra tabularis (Krauss, 1848)

Scutellastra tabularis is a true limpet marine gastropod mollusk found off South Africa’s south coast.

Scutellastra chapmani (Tenison Woods, 1876)

Scutellastra chapmani is a species of true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the true limpet family Patellidae.

Helcion pruinosus (Krauss, 1848)

Helcion pruinosus is an intertidal South African Southeast Atlantic marine gastropod that grazes on rock algae.

Helcion pectunculus (Gmelin, 1791)

Helcion pectunculus, the prickly limpet, is a marine true limpet found mostly on southern Africa’s coast.

Cymbula granatina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Cymbula granatina is a common herbivorous limpet found along the Atlantic coast of southern Africa.

Cymbula compressa (Linnaeus, 1758)

Cymbula compressa is a true limpet marine gastropod mollusk in the Patellidae family of true limpets.

Cymbula oculus (Born, 1778)

Cymbula oculus is a shelled species native to the South African south coast rocky mid-shore.

Cymbula miniata (Born, 1778)

Cymbula miniata is a true limpet species of marine gastropod mollusc in the true limpet family Patellidae.