OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Acmaeoidea Lottiidae 

Patelloida saccharina stella Lesson, 1830

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Patella stella Lesson, 1830
   Patella stellaris Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
   Collisellina paropsis Iredale, 1929

Common Name

Northern Star Limpet p.88      Coleman, N. 1981.  

Distribution

North West Cape, WA to southern Qld.

  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNW coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricCentral W coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricN coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGulf of Carp.
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNE coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaNorthern Territory
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaWestern Australia
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaQueensland
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaAustralia (N)

Keywords

depth: intertidal [ low to mid ]
exposure: exposed 
habitat: rock platform [ ]

References

 Macpherson, J.H. 1955. p.243 [figs in text, pl. 12, figs 3, 4, as Patelloida saccharina stella]  New combination
 Ponder, W.F. & Creese, R.A. 1980. p.188 General reference
 Ponder, W.F. & Creese, R.A. 1980. p.188 Synonomy
 Ponder, W.F. & Creese, R.A. 1980. p.188 [pl. 8, figs 6-8, as Patelloida saccharine stella]  New combination

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Eogastropoda
              Patellogastropoda
                Nacellina
                  Acmaeoidea
                    Lottiidae
                      Patelloidinae
                        Patelloida Quoy and Gaimard, 1834
                          Patelloida saccharina (Linnaeus, 1758)
                            Patelloida saccharina stella Lesson, 1830

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=14983) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-29.