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title: "Czaszołka pospolita"
description: "Patella vulgata — Inne zwierzęta. Patella vulgata, common name the common limpet or common European limpet is a species of sea snail."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/common-european-limpet
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Czaszołka pospolita

> Patella vulgata — Inne zwierzęta. Patella vulgata, common name the common limpet or common European limpet is a species of sea snail.

- Scientific name: *Patella vulgata*
- Category: `other` (Inne zwierzęta)
- Habitats: `sea` (Morze i wybrzeże)
- iNaturalist observations: 8181
- Wikidata: [Q182258](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q182258)
- iNaturalist taxon: [154706](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/154706)

## Names

- en: Common European Limpet
- de: Gewöhnliche Napfschnecke
- es: Lapa
- fr: Patelle commune
- it: Patella
- nl: Gewone schaalhoren
- pl: Czaszołka pospolita

## Countries with the most observations

GB (1681), FR (888), IE (323), NO (235), ES (96), PT (63), NL (54), BE (51), FO (40), JE (26), GG (10), IM (10)

## Summary

Patella vulgata, common name the common limpet or common European limpet is a species of sea snail. It is a typical true limpet; a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Patellidae, with gills. This species occurs in the waters of Western Europe.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patella_vulgata

## Photo

![Czaszołka pospolita](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-european-limpet/medium.jpg)

Photo: Stephen James McWilliam · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/182800569

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-european-limpet?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).