Patella Linnaeus, 1758
(rock limpets)

Interactions where Patella is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
grazes on CHROMISTA algae British Prosobranch and other operculate gastropod molluscs, Graham, A., 1971
/Animalia/Mollusca/Gastropoda/Patellidae/Patella/Patellarock limpets Foodplant / open feeder /Chromista/Chromistaalgae

Interactions where Patella is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
(live) live shell is inhabited by endolithic thallus Collemopsidium foveolatum a lichen Pyrenulales: Xanthopyreniaceae The Lichen Flora of Great Britain & Ireland, Purvis, O.W., Coppins, B.J., Hawksworth, D.L., James, P.W. & Moore, D.M., 1992
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pyrenulales/Xanthopyreniaceae/Collemopsidium foveolatum/Collemopsidium foveolatuma lichenendolithicthallus Animal / endozoite /Animalia/Mollusca/Gastropoda/Patellidae/Patella/Patellarock limpetsliveshell endolithic thallus lives within live shell
(live) live shell is inhabited by immersed perithecium Collemopsidium foveolatum a lichen Pyrenulales: Xanthopyreniaceae The Lichen Flora of Great Britain & Ireland, Purvis, O.W., Coppins, B.J., Hawksworth, D.L., James, P.W. & Moore, D.M., 1992
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pyrenulales/Xanthopyreniaceae/Collemopsidium foveolatum/Collemopsidium foveolatuma lichenimmersedperithecium Animal / endozoite /Animalia/Mollusca/Gastropoda/Patellidae/Patella/Patellarock limpetsliveshell immersed perithecium lives within live shell
shell (live) live shell is inhabited by endolithic thallus Collemopsidium sublitorale a lichen Pyrenulales: Xanthopyreniaceae The Lichen Flora of Great Britain & Ireland, Purvis, O.W., Coppins, B.J., Hawksworth, D.L., James, P.W. & Moore, D.M., 1992
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pyrenulales/Xanthopyreniaceae/Collemopsidium sublitorale/Collemopsidium sublitoralea lichenendolithicthallus Animal / endozoite /Animalia/Mollusca/Gastropoda/Patellidae/Patella/Patellarock limpetsliveshell endolithic thallus lives within live shell
shell (live) live shell is inhabited by immersed perithecium Collemopsidium sublitorale a lichen Pyrenulales: Xanthopyreniaceae The Lichen Flora of Great Britain & Ireland, Purvis, O.W., Coppins, B.J., Hawksworth, D.L., James, P.W. & Moore, D.M., 1992
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pyrenulales/Xanthopyreniaceae/Collemopsidium sublitorale/Collemopsidium sublitoralea lichenimmersedperithecium Animal / endozoite /Animalia/Mollusca/Gastropoda/Patellidae/Patella/Patellarock limpetsliveshell immersed perithecium lives within live shell

Author & YearTitleSource
Graham, A., 1971British Prosobranch and other operculate gastropod molluscsSynopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 2, ed 1 edition, 112pp, The Linnean Society of London
Purvis, O.W., Coppins, B.J., Hawksworth, D.L., James, P.W. & Moore, D.M., 1992The Lichen Flora of Great Britain & Ireland710pp, Natural History Museum Publications

Patella (rock limpets) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
interactions
No of
references
Species 2 subtaxa 3 trophisms
Species 1 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusPatella (rock limpets)
FamilyPATELLIDAE (limpets)
SuperfamilyPATELLOIDEA (a superfamily of molluscs)
SubclassPATELLOGASTROPODA (an order of molluscs)
ClassGASTROPODA (slugs and snails)
PhylumMOLLUSCA (slugs, snails, bivalves, octopus, sea slugs)
SuperphylumLOPHOTROCHOZOA (molluscs and relatives)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Patella (rock limpets)

Patella (rock limpets) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Patella (rock limpets):

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