--- Patty Jansen <[log in to unmask]> schrieb: >
Dear all,
>
> I am making a list of worldwide Patellidae, and
> there are a few names that
> I am stuck with:
>
> caerulea, Patella Linnaeus, 1758 Mediterranean - is
> this actually a valid
> species or a synonym?
  Patella caerulea Linnaeus, 1758 is a valid species
  and occurs in the Mediterranea, specially also
  in the Northern Adria near Venice and Chioggia,
  down the whole Adriatic and gets very large
  in Corsica

>
> dira, Scutellastra (Reeve, 1855) Pacific  - does
> anyone know more about
> this species?
>
> exusta, Scutellastra (Reeve, 1854) Indian Ocean
> Seychelles - where else
> does this occur?
>
> luchuana, Scutellastra  (Pilsbry, 1901) Japan -
> surely a synonym of
> somthing else, but what?
>
> optima, Scutellastra (Pilsbry, 1927 or 1907?) Japan
> - 1907 or 1927?
>
> picta, Patella  Jeffreys, 1868 Azores, Canaries - no
> doubt also a synonym
> of something, but what?
>
> servaini, Patella Mabille, 1888 Europe - same as
> above?
>
> stellaeformis, Scutellastra (Reeve, 1842) Indo
> Pacific - anyone else know
> more about this species?
>
> tucopiana, Scutellastra  Powell, 1925 Indo Pacific -
> not a New Zealand
> species, but presumably from Pacific Islands?
>
> vidua, Scutellastra (Reeve, 1854) Indo Pacific -
> anyone know more about this?
>
> vulgata, Patella Linnaeus, 1758 Atlantic N. Norway
> to Gibraltar - one
> publication says it's synonymous with P.
> ulyssiponensis. Is this indeed the
> latest view?
> Patella vulgata is a valid species and not synonym
  with Patella ulyssiponensis. I can't be synonym
  with this species as Patella ulyssiponensi was
  discribed by Gmelin, 1791. The syn of Patella
  ulyssiponensis is Patella aspera Röding, 1798
  a nomen dubium

> Any help would be most appreciated!
>
> Patty
>
> Helmut from Innsbruck
> Dr. Patty Jansen
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