Patella dulcis Lamarck 1802 (limpet)

Gastropoda - Patellogastropoda - Patellidae

Full reference: J. B. Lamarck. 1802. Premier mémoire. Mollusques testacées dont on trouve les dépouilles fossiles dans les environs de Paris. Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 1:308-312

Belongs to Patella according to J. B. Lamarck 1802

Sister taxa: Patella (Cymbula), Patella (Patella), Patella caerulea, Patella candei, Patella capulina, Patella conoidea, Patella costaria, Patella costata, Patella costulata, Patella crasseradiata, Patella crateriformis, Patella deformis, Patella duclosii, Patella flexuosa, Patella glabra, Patella granatina, Patella granularis, Patella granulata, Patella gremblichi, Patella hebertiana, Patella hendeyi, Patella hochstetteri, Patella hoffmani, Patella hollebeni, Patella intermedia, Patella jingguensis, Patella laticostata, Patella limatula, Patella longicosta, Patella mateoensis, Patella nelsonensis, Patella nigra, Patella oculus, Patella pennata, Patella peronii, Patella reussi, Patella rimosa, Patella scutatella, Patella sheehani, Patella sparsicostata, Patella striatula, Patella stuarti, Patella subglabra, Patella timorensis, Patella traskii, Patella ulyssiponensis, Patella vulgata

Type specimen: Its type locality is Grignon (Lamarck collection), which is in a Lutetian open shallow subtidal sandstone/sandstone in France

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Grignon (Lamarck collection)

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