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| A group of live Patella vulgata on a rock in Wales | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Patellogastropoda |
| Family: | Patellidae |
| Genus: | Patella Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Type species | |
| Patella vulgata | |
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Patella is a genus of sea snails with gills, typical true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Patellidae, the true limpets.[1]
Patella is the type genus of the family Patellidae.
- ^ a b Patella Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 January 2019.