Patelloida corticata

Patelloida corticata

Dorsal view of the shell of Patelloida corticata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Patellogastropoda
Superfamily:	Lottioidea
Family:	Lottiidae
Subfamily:	Patelloidinae
Genus:	Patelloida
Species:	P. corticata
Binomial name
*Patelloida corticata* (Hutton, 1880)
Synonyms
Acmaea corticata Hutton, 1880 Acmaea lacunosa Pilsbry, 1891 Acmaea stella Suter, 1907 Acmaea pseudocorticata Iredale, 1908 Patelloida corticata corallina Oliver, 1926

Patelloida corticata is a species of sea snail or true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Lottiidae, the lottia limpets.

Ventral view of the shell of Patelloida corticata.

References

Powell A. W. B., William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1

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