OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Patelloidea Patellidae 

Patella (Scutellastra) longicosta Lamarck, 1819

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Patella longicosta Lamarck, 1819
   Patella decemcostata E.A. Smith, 1901
   Patella albanyana Turton, 1932
   Patella granatina Turton, 1932
   Patella tabularis squamosa Turton, 1932
   Patella tabularis monopsis Turton, 1932
   Patella tabularis angulosa Turton, 1932
   Patella multilirata Turton, 1932
   Patella longicosta intermedia Turton, 1932
   Patella longicostata kowiensis Turton, 1933

Distribution

South Africa, from Oudekraal, west side of Cape Penninsula, eastward to Umpangazi, north of Durban (Powell, 1973)

  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereSouth Africa (Cape marine Province)

References

 Powell, A.W.B. 1973. p.125-126 [ Pl. 65, figs 5-7; Pls. 95, 96 ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Eogastropoda
              Patellogastropoda
                Patellina
                  Patelloidea
                    Patellidae
                      Patella Linnaeus, 1758
                        Patella (Scutellastra) H. & A Adams, 1854
                          Patella (Scutellastra) longicosta Lamarck, 1819

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=35343) created by Jennifer Kolb on 2001-01-18. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2001-09-19.