Patelloida saccharina (Linnaeus, 1758)
W. Pacific to eastern Africa, Red Sea, eastern Mediterranean. Micrograzer of the littoral and upper infralittoral. Original taxon: Patella saccharina. Synonym: stellaris.

Above: two specimens from the shore at Netanya, Central District, W. Israel. 24,1-25,5mm.
Original pictures provided by A. Nappo (IT) – (CC BY-NC-SA).
Source: gruppomalacologicoscalaria.org.
Patelloida stellaris in Quoy & Gaimard, plate 71 fig.1-4.
« Inhabits the New Ireland, Havre Carteret. Also found in some other places. » – Op. cit. p.357. Above: a specimen from the batch MNHN-IM-2000-5000 provided by Quoy & Gaimard, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris (France).
Original image made by M. Caballer – (CC BY).
Some specimens from western Pacific: two pale ones from Queensland, and a coloured shell from Maluku archipelago.

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