Pygmy Limpet
Patelloida pygmaea
- Water temperature15–27 °C
- Best monthsMay and July
- How commonRare
About this species
Patelloida pygmaea 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 pygmaea”, 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: 1 records
- February: 3 records
- March: 5 records
- April: 3 records
- May: 12 records
- June: 7 records
- July: 8 records
- August: 0 records
- September: 5 records
- October: 2 records
- November: 6 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 15–27 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Pygmy Limpet
Names in 3 more languages
- Japanese
- シボリガイ, ヒメコザラガイ
- Korean
- 애기배말, 애기두드럭배말
- Simplified Chinese
- 花帽青螺, 高腰花帽青螺
Other scientific names: Chiazacmea pygmaea, Patella pygmaea
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).
- 184 open-data records from 1900 to 2023.
- Species data updated November 5, 2026.
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