Patella depressa Black-footed limpet

Patella depressa is commonly referred to as Black-footed limpet. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 50 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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AphiaID:: 151374

Scientific:: Patella depressa
German:: Flache Napfschnecke
English:: Black-footed Limpet

Category:: Snails

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Not assigned (Order) > Patellidae (Family) > Patella (Genus) > depressa (Species)
Initial determination:: Pennant, 1777

Occurrence:: the North Sea, East-Atlantic Ocean, European Coasts, Lofoten Islands, North Atlantic Ocean, Scandinavia, Spain, the British Isles, the Mediterranean Sea
Sea depth:: Meter
Size:: 0.98" - 2.36" (2.5cm - 6cm)
Temperature:: °F - 71.6 °F (°C - 22°C)
Food:: Algae (Algivore), Herbivorous
Tank:: 11 gal (~ 50L)
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Data deficient (DD)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Patella aspera
Patella caerulea
Flache Napfschnecke
Patella candei
Patella depressa
Flache Napfschnecke
Patella ferruginea
Gerippte Napfschnecke
Patella lugubris
Patella lutea
Patella maculosa
Patella michiganensis
Patella miniata
Patella natalensis
Patella pellucida
Durchscheinende Häubchenschnecke, Napfschnecke
Patella piliseta
Patella piperata
Pfeffer Napfschnecke
Patella punicea
Patella ricciophila
Patella rustica
Lusitanische Napfschnecke, Portugiesische Napfschnecke
Patella scutata
Patella skelettensis
Patella swakopmundensis
Patella ulyssiponensis
Lissabon-Napfschnecke
Patella vulgata
Gemeine Napfschnecke

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2013-11-11 19:51:23
Last edit:: 2022-01-14 19:22:07

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Patella depressa Pennant, 1777

Synonymised names:
Patella auricola da Costa, 1771 (unavailable name: published in a non-binominal work)
Patella electrina Reeve, 1854 (synonym)
Patella goudoti Mabille, 1888 (synonym)
Patella intermedia Murray in Knapp, 1857 (junior synonym)
Patella laevigata Gmelin, 1791 (dubious synonym)
Patella mabillei Locard, 1891 (synonym)
Patella plumbea vatheleti Pilsbry, 1891 (synonym)
Patella taslei Mabille, 1888 (synonym)
Patella vulgata var. debilis Pallary, 1920 (synonym)
Patella vulgata var. picta Jeffreys, 1865 (synonym)

External links

MarLIN - The Marine Life Information Network (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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