Side view of shell - anterior end to the left
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by Steve Wilkinson from Hanover Point, Isle of White (SZ 378 837). Length = 39mm.
Patella ulyssiponensis
<em>Patella ulyssiponensis</em> (Gmelin, 1791)
Dorsal view of shell
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by Steve Wilkinson from Hanover Point, Isle of White (SZ 378 837). Length = 39mm.
Ventral view of shell
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by Steve Wilkinson from Hanover Point, Isle of White (SZ 378 837). Length = 39mm.
Side view of shell - anterior end to the left
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by Steve Wilkinson from Hanover Point, Isle of White (SZ 378 837). Length = 42mm.
Dorsal view of shell
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by Steve Wilkinson from Hanover Point, Isle of White (SZ 378 837). Length = 42mm.
Ventral view of shell
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by Steve Wilkinson from Hanover Point, Isle of White (SZ 378 837). Length = 42mm.
Patella ulyssiponensis
Distribution and status
Common
Found throughout the British Isles and south to the Mediterranean.
Ecology and behaviour
Lives on exposed rocky shores where it feeds by grazing material from the rock surface using its radula. Breeds almost throughout year but mainly in summer. Eggs are fertilised in the water column and larvae later settles in low shore pools.
Similar species
- Patella depressa has a dark (black) foot
- Patella vulgata has a buff coloured foot
Key identification features
- Foot pale (apricot coloured)
- Inside of shell white with yellow-orange headscar
Taxon version key
[NBNSYS0000177033]
Sort order
980
Taxonomic group
Marine snail
Conical shell up to 50mm in length (20mm in height). Outside of the shell is white or grey. The inside is also white (tinged blue) with a yellow/orange head scar.