#4780 · 🐌 snails, slugs & other molluscs
Mediterranean Limpet
🇳🇱 Blauwe schaalhoren ·Patella caerulea
🐌 Snails, slugs & other molluscs 📍 in Europe, not in NL
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © hugooo · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © JeffreyGammon · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Chris Taklis · CC BY 4.0
- 4. © Michel Frisch · CC BY 4.0
- 5. © Miroslava MATEJČEKOVÁ · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Pascal GIRARD · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. © Sotiris Kountouras · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. © faluke · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © Marek Koszorek · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. © Frédéric ANDRE · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Patella caerulea , is a species of limpet in the family Patellidae. It is known by the common names Mediterranean limpet and rayed Mediterranean limpet . It is native to the Mediterranean Sea.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 3,400 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Mediterranean Limpet
- Nederlands
- Blauwe schaalhoren
- scientific name
- Patella caerulea
- class
- Gastropoda
- order
- Patellida
- family
- Patellidae
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 1,638
- sightings worldwide
- 3,400
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
relatives· Patellidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 359068, Wikidata Q7144419, GBIF 5728508, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.