Patella pellucida blue-rayed limpet

Patella pellucida is commonly referred to as blue-rayed 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.

Profile

lexID:

6088 

AphiaID:

147459 

Scientific:

Patella pellucida 

German:

Durchscheinende Häubchenschnecke, Napfschnecke 

English:

Blue-rayed Limpet 

Category:

Slakken 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Not assigned (Order) > Patellidae (Family) > Patella (Genus) > pellucida (Species) 

Initial determination:

Linnaeus, 1758 

Occurrence:

Russland, Arctic (North Polar Sea), European Coasts, Ireland, Northeast Atlantic, Norway, Portugal, Scandinavia, Scotland, Sweden, the British Isles 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

0 - 15 Meter 

Habitats:

Kelp forests, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

0.59" - 0.79" (1.5cm - 2cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 68 °F (°C - 20°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Filter feeder, Plankton, Suspension feeder 

Tank:

11 gal (~ 50L)  

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

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
• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-09-22 19:50:29 

Last edit:

2024-02-26 17:33:09 

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