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Patella vulgata - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Patella vulgata , common name the "common limpet", is an edible species of sea snail with gills, a typical true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Patellidae.
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Distribution: Al the specimens in the samples of the Belgian coasts were determined as P. vulgata , probably there are a few misidentifications: also present P. depressa and P. aspera . [details]; ... ; Patella vulgata Linnaeus, 1758 added on 2006-09-13 - author: Filip Nuyttens; qualitystatus: not checked...
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Provides details of Patella vulgata including description, key identification features, habitat and ecology, similar species with which it might be confused, and map of recorded distribution in U.K. ... Patella vulgata (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Patella vulgata (Common European Limpet) in Encyclopedia of Life ... Although they may seem to be fixed to the rock, common limpets actually move around to graze on algae during moist conditions or when they are submerged by the tide. They return to the same spot by following the mucus trail ... Patella vulgata Linnaeus, 1758...
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Opportunistically, the limpet Patella vulgata will switch from microphagous grazing to feeding on attached macroalgae or, a novel finding, on accumulations of stranded seaweeds. Macroalgal food is ingested primarily at night during emersion, when the thalli come to lie on the rock surface and are sufficiently damp.
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The Medscape Journal ... Here, we show that, in the gastropod mollusc Patella vulgata, an engrailed ortholog is expressed in the edge of the embryonic shell and in the anlage of the apical sensory organ.
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