Victorian Limpet

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 40 records
February: 30 records
March: 27 records
April: 17 records
May: 7 records
June: 12 records
July: 7 records
August: 9 records
September: 23 records
October: 21 records
November: 13 records
December: 13 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0 m · Deepest record: 36 m

0–10 m: 88 records
10–20 m: 0 records
20–30 m: 0 records
30–40 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 14–18 °C

12–14 °C: 40 records
14–16 °C: 172 records
16–18 °C: 4 records
18–20 °C: 2 records

Photos

(c) ttsquid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) ttsquid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) ttsquid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) ttsquid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Rod Lowther, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Victorian Limpet

Other scientific names: Patella hepatica, Patella victoriae, Patella victoriana, Patelloida victoriana

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.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
231 open-data records from 1949 to 2017.
Species data updated November 5, 2026.