Patella Linnaeus, 1758 Mediterranean isa good valid Med species; I don't
know what sinonym may have vulgata, Patella Linnaeus, 1758, but surely  P.
ulyssiponensis is not one of them:
Enzo Campani

At 23.34 17/11/01 +1100, you wrote:
>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?
>
>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?
>
>Any help would be most appreciated!
>
>Patty
>
>
>Dr. Patty Jansen
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