55 Patella vulgata COMPARE Patella ulyssiponensis

55 Patella vulgata COMPARE Patella ulyssiponensis

P. ulyssiponensis with typical low shell, but some P. vulgata have equally low shells. Found feeding on red algal turf with P. vulgata which also had orange interiors but additionally a silver-grey vertex patch diagnostic of P. vulgata (see images Pv05 & Pv07). Sculpture, aperture outline, interior colours and centrality of apex vary and overlap with those of some P. vulgata. Length 17 mm, North Yorkshire, September 2014.