Patella rustica Linnaeus, 1758 is a animal in the Patellidae family, order null, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
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 rustica, commonly known as the Lusitanian limpet or rustic limpet, is a species of sea snail. It is classified as a true limpet, and is a marine gastropod mollusk that belongs to Patellidae, one of the families of true limpets. This intertidal species lives on rocky shores, and is distributed throughout the Mediterranean Sea and the northeastern Atlantic Ocean, ranging from Mauritania to southern France.
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Scutellastra peronii (Blainville, 1825)
Helcion pectunculus (Gmelin, 1791)
Scutellastra tabularis (Krauss, 1848)
Cymbula compressa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Scutellastra barbara (Linnaeus, 1758)
Scutellastra cochlear (Born, 1778)
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