Patelloida nigrosulcata
- Water temperature18–22 °C
- Best monthsJanuary and December
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Thomas Mesaglio, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Thomas Mesaglio · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Patelloida nigrosulcata 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 nigrosulcata”, 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: 9 records
- February: 4 records
- March: 0 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 2 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 0 records
- August: 2 records
- September: 1 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 1 records
- December: 8 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 18–22 °C
Photos
(c) pimelea, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Belinda Forbes, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
Other scientific names: Acmaea patellavecta, Patella nigrosulcata
Similar species
Tall-ribbed LimpetPatelloida alticostata
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).
- 70 open-data records from 1913 to 1990.
- Species data updated November 5, 2026.
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