#4630 · 🐌 snails, slugs & other molluscs
Common European Limpet
🇳🇱 Gewone schaalhoren ·Patella vulgata
🐌 Snails, slugs & other molluscs 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 Scheveningen, Den Haag, Nederland
📍 4361 Westkapelle, Niederlande
📍 4354 RC Vrouwenpolder, Nederland
📍 4475 PB Wilhelminadorp, Alankomaat
📍 3151 Hook of Holland, Netherlands
📍 4311 Bruinisse, Nederland
📍 Oosterschelde, Zeeland, NL
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © c michael hogan · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 2. © Alison Young · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Keith W. Larson · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. Scheveningen, Den Haag, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. 4361 Westkapelle, Niederlande:© Michel Frisch · CC BY 4.0
- 6. 4354 RC Vrouwenpolder, Nederland:© no rights reserved · CC0
- 7. 4475 PB Wilhelminadorp, Alankomaat:© Matti Brandon · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. 3151 Hook of Holland, Netherlands:© Stan van Remmerden · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. 4311 Bruinisse, Nederland:© Marleen Schouten · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Oosterschelde, Zeeland, NL:© markusgmeiner · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Patella vulgata , common name the common limpet or common European limpet is an edible species of sea snail with gills, a typical true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Patellidae.
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
- Spotted 54 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 8,418 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Common European Limpet
- Nederlands
- Gewone schaalhoren
- scientific name
- Patella vulgata
- class
- Gastropoda
- order
- Patellida
- family
- Patellidae
- sightings in NL
- 54
- sightings in Europe
- 3,535
- sightings worldwide
- 8,418
- GBIF records in NL
- 2,607
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
relatives· Patellidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 154706, Wikidata Q182258, GBIF 5190391, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.