Type species: Madrepora verrucaria Linnaeus, 1758
The long-forgotten genus Patinella includes most Recent species of adnate lichenoporids formerly included in Lichenopora . It appears to be largely Northern Hemisphere in distribution.
This genus includes the species:
| Patinella aztiensis | (Alvarez, 1995) | Recent | Mediterranean Tunisia |
| Patinella brusinae | (Neviani, 1939) | Recent | Mediterranean Adriatic |
| Patinella distincta | (Alvarez, 1993) | Recent | Mediterranean Spain |
| Patinella flosculus | (Hincks, 1862) | Recent | Northeast Atlantic England |
| Patinella mediterranea | (de Blainville, 1834) | Recent Neogene |
Mediterranean Europe |
| Patinella multicentra | (Kluge, 1955) | Recent | Arctic |
| Patinella radiata | (Audouin, 1826) | Recent | Europe |
| Patinella radiata scalaris | (Neviani, 1939) | Recent | Mediterranean Adriatic |
| Patinella radiata sparsa | (Neviani, 1939) | Recent | Mediterranean Adriatic |
| Patinella sibirica | (Kluge, 1955) | Recent | Arctic |
| Patinella verrucaria | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Recent Cenozoic Neogene |
Europe Europe |
Reference:Gordon, D.P. & Taylor, P.D. 2001. New Zealand Recent Densiporidae and Lichenoporidae (Bryozoa: Cyclostomata). Species diversity 6: 243-290.
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| Patinella radiata
Thanks to Wolfgang Seifarth for photos |