MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Patella ancyloides Forbes, 1840

ERMS name details

Patella ancyloides Forbes, 1840

AphiaID

147463 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:147463)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior homonym (Invalid: junior homonym of Patella ancyloide J. de C. Sowerby, 1824.)

Accepted name

Propilidium exiguum (W. Thompson, 1844)

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Propilidium Forbes & Hanley, 1849

Parent

Patella Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Patella ancyloides Forbes, 1840

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Forbes, E. 1840. On some new and rare British mollusca. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 5(29): 102-108, pl. 2, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22191072
page(s): 108; pl. 2 fig. 16 [details]

Type data

Note Lamlash Bay, Aran, Scotland

Type locality Lamlash Bay, Aran, Scotland [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Patella ancyloides Forbes, 1840. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=147463 on 2026-08-07

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Patella ancyloides Forbes, 1840. Accessed at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=147463 on 2026-08-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-03-15 09:13:06Z

created

Claus, Simon

2010-07-31 13:00:00Z

changed

Tran, Bastien

2011-10-14 08:13:14Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2025-05-16 08:33:33Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

Licensing

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original description Forbes, E. 1840. On some new and rare British mollusca. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 5(29): 102-108, pl. 2, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22191072
page(s): 108; pl. 2 fig. 16 [details]

context source (Deepsea) Gofas, S.; Luque, Á. A.; Templado, J.; Salas, C. (2017). A national checklist of marine Mollusca in Spanish waters. Scientia Marina. 81(2) : 241-254, and supplementary online material., available online at https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.04543.21a [details]

From editor or global species database

Type locality Lamlash Bay, Aran, Scotland [details]

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