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Tectura testudinalis testudinalis

(Müller, O.F., 1776) Atlantic Plate Limpet/Common Tortoiseshell Limpet Shell size 13 - 44 mm Circum-Arctic - New York, USA & Alaska; - British Isles
Taxonomic Information
ClassGASTROPODA EOGASTROPODA
OrderPATELLOGASTROPODA
SuperFamilyLOTTIOIDEA
FamilyLOTTIIDAE LOTTINAE LOTTINI
open bookPage/Plate
Encyclopedia of Marine Gastropodsp 13/5
Collector's guide to Seashells of the Worldp 35/15
Compendium of Seashellsp 32/3.3
Spotters Guide to Shellsp 6
Audubon - Field Guide to North American ShellsPl. 386; 363
European Seashellsp 227/1-2
Marine Molluscs of Arctic Canadap 4/6
Synonyms
Patella alva Unknown Author
Lottia testudinaria Müller, O.F., 1776
Patella amoena Say, T., 1822
J. Acad. Nat. Sci. PhiladelphiaVol. 2, p 223-224
Patella clealandi Sowerby, J. de C., 1822
Patella clypeus Brown, C.T., 1827
Patella elatior Middendorff, A.T. von, 1849
Patella normalis Middendorff, A.T. von, 1849
Tectura pallida Verkrüzen, T.A., 1872
Acmaea fergusoni Wheat, S.C., 1913 : NE USA
Sci. Bull. Mus. Brooklyn Inst. Arts & Sci.Vol. 2, p 17-20; Pl. 1
cameraImage Acknowledgments
1 Femorale
2 Femorale
3 Guido Poppe
4 Guido Poppe
5 Kwansei Shell Database
6 Femorale
7 Femorale
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