| General information |
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Patella vulgata Linnaeus, 1758 |
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| Common name | Common limpet, European limpet |
| Synonyms |
Patella conica Anton, 1838 Patella hypsilotera Locard, 1892 Patella radiata Perry, 1811 Patella vulgata var. aurea Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1906 Patella vulgata var. communis Brown, 1844 Patella vulgata var. elevata Jeffreys, 1865 Patella vulgata var. major Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1906 Patella vulgata var. secernenda Dautzenberg, 1887 |
| IUCN Red List status (2014) |
Not Reported |
| Habitat |
- |
| Systematics |
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Lophotrochozoa; Mollusca; Gastropoda; Patellogastropoda; Patelloidea; Patellidae. |
| Geographical distribution |
- |
| Occurrence |
- |
| Importance |
Food |
| Remarks |
Used widely for transcriptomic investigation, providing a range of genomic sequence data in this species for analysis. |
| Karyological information |
| Geographical area of study |
Not reported |
| Source of chromosomes |
Testes |
| Number of specimens with sex |
Not reported |
| Diploid chromosome number |
18 |
| Karyotype formula |
Not reported |
| Fundamental arm number |
Not reported |
| Chromosome length |
Not reported |
| Sex chromosome |
Not detected |
| Chromosome staining/banding/FISH |
Not detected |
| Reference |
Vitturi R, Rasotto MB, Ferruzza NF (1982). The chromosomes of 16 molluscan species. Bolletino di zoologia, 49:1-2, 61-71. |
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