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 Cladophorales (Order)
 Cladophoraceae (Family)
 Cladophora (Type)
 Cladophora rupestris
(Specie)
Patella vulgata (Patellidae)
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 Biota (World)
 Animalia (Reign)
 Mollusca (Branch)
 Gastropoda (Class)
 Patellogastropoda (Underclass)
 Patelloidea (Super-family)
 Patellidae (Family)
 Patella (Type)
 Patella vulgata (Specie)
Average
level
of
foreshore.
- The body of the patella consists of a
head, a pall cavity, a foot and a visceral
mass.
- The head is equipped with two large
tentacles with tactile function and which
may also be the seat of the chemical
sense.
- The shell is conical in shape not
perfect, its base is not exactly circular
and its top, quite clearly off-centered.