Patella caerulea Linnaeus, 1758 is a animal in the Patellidae family, order null, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Patella caerulea Linnaeus, 1758
Patella caerulea is a shelled species with distinct angled shells, found in the Mediterranean and parts of the Atlantic.
Patella caerulea Linnaeus, 1758 has a shell that ranges in size from 20 mm to 72 mm. The shell is thin, depressed, and spreading, and is usually more or less distinctly shaped with 6 or 7 angles. Its riblets are rather fine and notably unequal. This species is distributed in the Mediterranean Sea, and in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands, Madeira, and the Azores.
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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer
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