Species of gastropod
| Cymbula safiana
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C. nigra
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| Binomial name
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Cymbula nigra
(da Costa, 1771)
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- Cymbula nigra (da Costa, 1771)
- Patella adansonii Dunker, 1853
- Patella albida Mörch, 1853
- Patella algira Deshayes, 1840
- Patella conspicua Philippi, 1849
- Patella guineensis Gmelin, 1791
- Patella kraussii Dunker, 1853
- Patella nigra da Costa, 1771
- Patella plumbea Lamarck, 1819
- Patella safiana Lamarck, 1819 (original combination)
- Patella safiana var. elevata Pallary, 1900
- Patella squamata Gmelin, 1791
- Patella (Laevipatella) safiana Lamarck, 1819
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Cymbula safiana, common name the saffian limpet, is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Patellidae, one of the families of true limpets.[1]
Description
The size of the shell varies between 25 mm and 120 mm.
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Distribution
This marine species has a wide distribution ranging from the Mediterranean Sea to Angola
