Tall-ribbed Limpet
Patelloida alticostata
- Usual depth0–1 m
- Water temperature14–21 °C
- Best monthsJanuary, February, and March
- How commonOccasional
Photo credit: (c) Peter Crowcroft, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Peter Crowcroft · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Patelloida alticostata is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Lottiidae, one of the families of true limpets. This marine gastropod mollusc was first described by Angas in 1865.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Patelloida alticostata”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 277 records
- February: 175 records
- March: 214 records
- April: 163 records
- May: 105 records
- June: 112 records
- July: 91 records
- August: 114 records
- September: 174 records
- October: 152 records
- November: 161 records
- December: 172 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 0–1 m · Deepest record: 10 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 14–21 °C
Photos
(c) Tim, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Tim · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Thomas Mesaglio, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Thomas Mesaglio · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) ttsquid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Tim, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Rod Lowther, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Belinda Forbes, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) ttsquid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Tall-ribbed Limpet
Names in 1 more languages
- Japanese
- ゴウシュウノアシ
Other scientific names: Patella alticostata
Similar species
Maltese cross limpetPatelloida insignis
Pied limpetPatelloida latistrigata
Pacific sugar limpetPatelloida saccharina
Little-cone LimpetPatelloida conulus
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 1,617 open-data records from 1896 to 2017.
- Species data updated November 5, 2026.
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