Patella piperata Limpet Snail

Patella piperata is commonly referred to as Limpet Snail. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

17023 

AphiaID:

140682 

Scientific:

Patella piperata 

German:

Pfeffer Napfschnecke 

English:

Limpet Snail 

Category:

Snails 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Not assigned (Order) > Patellidae (Family) > Patella (Genus) > piperata (Species) 

Initial determination:

A. Gould, 1846 

Occurrence:

Azores, European Coasts, Madeira, North Atlantic Ocean, Spain, the Canary Islands 

Marine Zone:

Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters 

Sea depth:

Meter 

Habitats:

Coastal waters, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Rocky shores, Rock coasts, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

0.79" - 1.97" (2,5cm - 5,4cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 78.8 °F (°C - 26°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Herbivorous 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Patella aspera
• 
  Patella caerulea
  Blaue Napfschnecke
• Patella candei
• 
  Patella depressa
  Flache Napfschnecke
• 
  Patella ferruginea
  Gerippte Napfschnecke
• Patella lugubris
• Patella lutea
• Patella maculosa
• Patella michiganensis
• Patella miniata
• Patella natalensis
• 
  Patella pellucida
  Durchscheinende Häubchenschnecke, Durchscheinende Napfschnecke
• Patella piliseta
• 
  Patella piperata
  Pfeffer Napfschnecke
• Patella punicea
• Patella ricciophila
• 
  Patella rustica
  Lusitanische Napfschnecke, Portugiesische Napfschnecke
• Patella scutata
• Patella skelettensis
• Patella swakopmundensis
• 
  Patella ulyssiponensis
  Lissabon Napfschnecke
• 
  Patella vulgata
  Gemeine Napfschnecke
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Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2024-12-02 14:38:49 

Last edit:

2024-12-02 14:46:55 

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