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 Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (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.