> [!summary]- Classification
**Kingdom**:: [Animalia](Animalia.md)
**Phylum**:: [Mollusca](Mollusca.md)
**Subphylum**::
**Superclass**::
**Class**:: [Gastropoda](Gastropoda.md)
**Subclass**:: Patellogastropoda
**Superorder**::
**Order**::
**Suborder**::
**Superfamily**::
**Family**:: Patellidae
**Subfamily**::
**Genus**:: Patella
**Species**::
**Vernacular**:: Chinese hat
## Photos
*Mediolittoral walk in La Ciotat - Focus stack picture. Very difficult for me to formaly identify shells. But I tend to [Patella Rustica](https://doris.ffessm.fr/Especes/Patella-rustica-Patelle-ponctuee-1844/(rOffset)/17)*
## Notes
## References
- https://doris.ffessm.fr/Especes/Patella-rustica-Patelle-ponctuee-1844/(rOffset)/17
- https://doris.ffessm.fr/Especes/Patella-vulgata-Patelle-commune-1191
- https://doris.ffessm.fr/Especes/Patella-ferruginea-Patelle-ferrugineuse-1614/(rOffset)/15