OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Patelloidea Patellidae 

Patella (Cymbula) compressa Linnaeus, 1758

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Patella compressa Linnaeus, 1758

Distribution

South Africa, from Port Nolloth in the west to Danger Point in the south. Records from further afield, including one from St. Helena, are due to drift, along with large algae, upon which the species lives (Powell, 1973)

  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: South Africa (Cape marine Province)

Keywords

substrate: algae 

References

 Powell, A.W.B. 1973. p.117 [ pl 63, fig 9., pls 88, 89 ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Eogastropoda
              Patellogastropoda
                Patellina
                  Patelloidea
                    Patellidae
                      Patella Linnaeus, 1758
                        Patella (Cymbula) H. & A. Adams, 1854
                          Patella (Cymbula) compressa Linnaeus, 1758

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=35336) created by Jennifer Kolb on 2001-01-18. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2001-09-19.