Patella aspera var.

simrothi von Martens, 1888 Patella chlorosticta Gmelin, 1791 Patella citrullus Gould, 1846 Patella gomesii Drouet, 1858 Patella moreleti Drouet, 1858 Patella ordinaria Mabille, 1888 Patella saxea F. Nordsieck, 1975 Patella teneriffae Mabille, 1888 Patella tenuis Gmelin, 1791 Patella tenuissima Turton, 1802 Patella candei, also known as the sun limpet,[1] is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Patellidae, one of the families of true limpets.

[2] The naturalist Alcide d'Orbigny named the gastropod after Ferdinand de Candé.

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores,[4] Canary Islands, Madeira and the Savage Islands.

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