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Patella nelsonensis

Status not recordedsnails and slugsExtinct

Patella nelsonensis is a species in the family Patellidae, order Patellida.

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Quick facts about Patella nelsonensis

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 Patella nelsonensis live?

Not recorded

Is Patella nelsonensis 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 Patella nelsonensis classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. orderPatellida
  5. familyPatellidae
  6. genusPatella
  7. SpeciesPatella nelsonensis Trechmann, 1918

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Patella nelsonensis

Other species in the same genus Patella.

China limpet

Patella ulyssiponensis

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is Patella nelsonensis?

Patella nelsonensis (Patella nelsonensis) belongs to the family Patellidae in the order Patellida.

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

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Patella nelsonensis (Patella nelsonensis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/patella-nelsonensis

MLA

“Patella nelsonensis (Patella nelsonensis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/patella-nelsonensis.

BibTeX
@misc{patella_nelsonensis_2026,
  title = {Patella nelsonensis (Patella nelsonensis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/patella-nelsonensis},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}