Patella candei


Patella candei is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Patellidae, one of the families of true limpets.

Description

The naturalist Alcide d'Orbigny named the gastropod after Ferdinand de Candé.
The size of the shell varies between 20 mm and 80 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands and Madeira.