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Rayed limpet

Cellana rota (Gmelin, 1791)

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

The rayed limpet (Cellana rota) is a species in the family Nacellidae, order Nacellida.

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Quick facts about the rayed limpet

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the rayed limpet live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the rayed limpet as introduced in 4 countries.

  1. Albania
  2. Israel
  3. Lebanon
  4. Libya

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the rayed limpet endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the rayed limpet classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. orderNacellida
  5. familyNacellidae
  6. genusCellana
  7. SpeciesCellana rota (Gmelin, 1791)

Synonyms Acmaea chathamensis, Helcioniscus rota, Patella aster, Patella pharaonis, Patella rota, Patella variegata

Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • צלחית אילתיתHebrew
  • Целлана-колесоRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the rayed limpet

Other species in the same genus Cellana.

Star limpet

Cellana stellifera

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Common questions

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Is the rayed limpet an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the rayed limpet as introduced in 4 countries: Albania, Israel, Lebanon and Libya, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the rayed limpet?

The rayed limpet (Cellana rota) belongs to the family Nacellidae in the order Nacellida.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Rayed limpet (Cellana rota). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/cellana-rota

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{cellana_rota_2026,
  title = {Rayed limpet (Cellana rota)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/cellana-rota},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}