Patelloida corticata

Molluscs
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth0–9 m
Water temperature9–19 °C
Best monthsJanuary, February, and April
How commonRare

Photo credit: (c) Tony Wills, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist

About this species

Patelloida corticata is a species of sea snail or true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Lottiidae, the lottia limpets.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Patelloida corticata”, 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: 29 records
February: 24 records
March: 9 records
April: 22 records
May: 20 records
June: 5 records
July: 10 records
August: 10 records
September: 13 records
October: 18 records
November: 8 records
December: 18 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–9 m · Deepest record: 37 m

0–10 m: 14 records
10–20 m: 0 records
20–30 m: 0 records
30–40 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 9–19 °C

8–10 °C: 1 records
10–12 °C: 4 records
12–14 °C: 5 records
14–16 °C: 6 records
16–18 °C: 27 records
18–20 °C: 1 records

Photos

(c) Saryu Mae 前朝琉, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Javier, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Jenny Saito, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist
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(c) Kelvin Perrie, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

Other scientific names: Acmaea corticata, Acmaea pseudocorticata

Similar species

Tall-ribbed Limpet
Patelloida alticostata
Maltese cross limpet
Patelloida insignis
Pied limpet
Patelloida latistrigata
Pacific sugar limpet
Patelloida saccharina
Patelloida heroldi
Little-cone Limpet
Patelloida 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).
451 open-data records from 1919 to 2012.
Species data updated November 5, 2026.

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