WoRMS taxon details
Helcion pectunculus (Gmelin, 1791)
224960 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:224960)
accepted
Species
Acmaea ordinaria W. H. Turton, 1932 · unaccepted (possible junior synonym)
Acmaea punicea W. H. Turton, 1932 · unaccepted (possible junior synonym)
Patella pectinata Linnaeus, 1758 sensu Born, 1780 · unaccepted (misapplication, non Linnaeus, 1758)
Patella pectunculus Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Patella pectunculus Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3713. [details]
page(s): 3713. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Helcion pectunculus (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224960 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Acmaea ordinaria W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): 160, pl. 36, sp. 1142. [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Acmaea punicea W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): 160, pl. 36, sp. 1143. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Patella pectunculus Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3713. [details]
basis of record Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 37 [details]
page(s): 160, pl. 36, sp. 1142. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Acmaea punicea W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): 160, pl. 36, sp. 1143. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Patella pectunculus Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3713. [details]
basis of record Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 37 [details]
Other
additional source
Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. <em>David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.</em> , available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details]
additional source Koufopanou, V., Reid, D.G., Ridgeway, S.A., & Thomas, R.H. (1999). A molecular phylogeny of the patellid limpets (Gastropoda: Patellidae) and its implications for the origins of their antitropical distribution. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 11(1): 138-156., available online at https://doi.org/10.1006/mpev.1998.0557 [details]
additional source Koufopanou, V., Reid, D.G., Ridgeway, S.A., & Thomas, R.H. (1999). A molecular phylogeny of the patellid limpets (Gastropoda: Patellidae) and its implications for the origins of their antitropical distribution. <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 11(1): 138-156., available online at https://doi.org/10.1006/mpev.1998.0557 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | prickly limpet | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (13 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Helcion pectunculus)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Patella pectunculus Gmelin, 1791)
To Malacopics (Helcion pectunculus (Gmelin, 1791) South Africa, Eastern Cape, Port Elizabeth, coll...
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Helcion pectunculus)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Patella pectunculus Gmelin, 1791)
To Malacopics (Helcion pectunculus (Gmelin, 1791) South Africa, Eastern Cape, Port Elizabeth, coll...
