Pied limpet

About this species

Patelloida latistrigata is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Lottiidae, one of the families of true limpets.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Patelloida latistrigata”, 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: 102 records
February: 103 records
March: 82 records
April: 56 records
May: 28 records
June: 42 records
July: 34 records
August: 37 records
September: 63 records
October: 52 records
November: 61 records
December: 57 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0 m · Deepest record: 16 m

0–10 m: 134 records
10–20 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 14–27 °C

12–14 °C: 54 records
14–16 °C: 282 records
16–18 °C: 95 records
18–20 °C: 30 records
20–22 °C: 32 records
22–24 °C: 19 records
24–26 °C: 0 records
26–28 °C: 8 records

Photos

(c) Thomas Mesaglio, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Thomas Mesaglio, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Peter Crowcroft, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) ttsquid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Tim, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) ttsquid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Andrew Allen, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Pied limpet

Other scientific names: Acmaea marmorata, Patella latistrigata

Similar species

Tall-ribbed Limpet
Patelloida alticostata
Maltese cross limpet
Patelloida insignis
Pacific sugar limpet
Patelloida saccharina
Patelloida heroldi
Little-cone Limpet
Patelloida conulus
Patelloida corticata

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).
760 open-data records from 1893 to 2016.
Species data updated November 5, 2026.