original description
Reeve, L. A. (1854-1855). Monograph of the genus <i>Patella</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 8, pls 1-42 and unpaginated tex. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. 1, May 1855; pls 2-15, October 1854; pls 16-24, December 1854; pls 25-32, January 1855; pls 33-40, March 1855; pls 41-42, May 1855]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11120573
page(s): pl. 5, species no. 9 [details]
From editor or global species database
Authority The name Patella aenea was first published by Martyn (1784) in the Universal Conchologist, a work that has been placed on the Official Index of Rejected Works by the ICZN. Reeve (1854) used the name as valid and thus inadvertently became the author of Patella aenea. [details]