Patella candei

Patella candei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Patellogastropoda
Superfamily:	Patelloidea
Family:	Patellidae
Genus:	Patella
Species:	P. candei
Binomial name
	Patella candei; d'Orbigny, 1840
Synonyms
	Patella aspera var. simrothi von Martens, 1888; Patella chlorosticta Gmelin, 1791; Patella citrullus Gould, 1846; Patella gomesii Drouet, 1858; Patella moreleti Drouet, 1858; Patella ordinaria Mabille, 1888; Patella saxea F. Nordsieck, 1975; Patella teneriffae Mabille, 1888; Patella tenuis Gmelin, 1791; Patella tenuissima Turton, 1802

Patella candei is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Patellidae, one of the families of true limpets.[1]

Description

The naturalist Alcide d'Orbigny named the gastropod after Ferdinand de Candé.[2]

The size of the shell varies between 20 mm and 80 mm.

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands and Madeira.

Patella candei d'Orbigny, 1839. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 April 2010.
Vik, Andrew, "Candé, Ferdinand de", conchology.be, Conchology, Inc., retrieved 4 August 2018

"Patella (Patella) candei candei". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

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