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Patella piperata A. Gould, 1846
140682 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140682)
accepted
Species
Patella frauenfeldi Dunker, 1866 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Patella guttata A. d'Orbigny, 1840 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)
invalid: junior homonym of Patella guttata Gmelin, 1791
Patella nigrosquamosa Dunker, 1846 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Gould, A. A. (1846). Descriptions of new shells, collected by the United States Exploring Expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 141-145, 148-152 [July]; 153-156, 159-162, 165-167 [August]; 170-173, 175-176 [September]; 177-179, 180-184, 185-187, 190-192 [November]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9490825
page(s): 150. [details]
page(s): 150. [details]
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original description
Gould, A. A. (1846). Descriptions of new shells, collected by the United States Exploring Expedition. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 2: 141-145, 148-152 [July]; 153-156, 159-162, 165-167 [August]; 170-173, 175-176 [September]; 177-179, 180-184, 185-187, 190-192 [November]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9490825
page(s): 150. [details]
original description (of Patella guttata A. d'Orbigny, 1840) Orbigny, A. d'. (1836-1842). <i>Mollusques, Echinodermes, Foraminifères et Polypiers recueillis aux Iles Canaries par MM. Webb et Berthelot</i>. In: Barker-Webb, P. & Berthelot, S. (eds) <i>Histoire naturelle des Iles Canaries</i>, volume 2(2): 117 pp., pls 1-7, 7B. pp. 1-24 [Aug. 1839], 25-48 [Sept. 1839], 49-72 [Oct-1839], 73-104 [Jan. 1840], 105-136 [Mar. 1840], 137-143 [Apr. 1840], 145-152 [Aug. 1842]; pl. 1 [Jul. 1836], 2 [Dec. 1836], 3 [May 1842], 4-5 [June 1840], 7 [May 1842], 6, 7B [Aug. 1842]. Paris: Béthune. In: P. B. Webb & S. Berthelot (1836-1844), Histoire naturelle des Iles Canaries 2(2). Zoologie: Mollusques. Paris., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41308382
page(s): 98-99; pl. 7 fig. 13-15 [details]
original description (of Patella nigrosquamosa Dunker, 1846) Dunker, W. (1845-1846). Diagnoses Molluscorum quorundam novorum, quae ex itinere ad oras Africae occidentalis reportavit cl. G. Tams, Med. Dr. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 1845: 163-168; 1846: 24-28., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16291751
page(s): 25-26 [details]
original description (of Patella frauenfeldi Dunker, 1866) Dunker, W. & Zelebor, J. (1866). Bericht über die von der Novara-Expedition mitgebrachten Mollusken. <em>Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien.</em> 16: 909-916., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26724138
page(s): 914 [details]
basis of record Titselaar, F. F. L. M. (1998). A revision of the recent European Patellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Part 1. The Patellidae of the Azores, Madeira, the Selvagens and the Canary Islands. <em>Vita Marina.</em> 45 (3-4): 21-62.
page(s): 47, pl. 3 figs 5-15; note: holotype illustrated pl. 3 figs 8-10 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Côrte-Real H.B.S.M., Hawkins S.J. & Thorpe J.P. (1996). An interpretation of the taxonomic relationship between the limpets <i>Patella rustica</i> and <i>Patella piperata</i>. <i>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 76</i>: 717-732 [details]
additional source Johnson, R. I. (1964). The recent Mollusca of Augustus Addison Gould. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 239: 1-182., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/10127
page(s): 128 [details]
page(s): 150. [details]
original description (of Patella guttata A. d'Orbigny, 1840) Orbigny, A. d'. (1836-1842). <i>Mollusques, Echinodermes, Foraminifères et Polypiers recueillis aux Iles Canaries par MM. Webb et Berthelot</i>. In: Barker-Webb, P. & Berthelot, S. (eds) <i>Histoire naturelle des Iles Canaries</i>, volume 2(2): 117 pp., pls 1-7, 7B. pp. 1-24 [Aug. 1839], 25-48 [Sept. 1839], 49-72 [Oct-1839], 73-104 [Jan. 1840], 105-136 [Mar. 1840], 137-143 [Apr. 1840], 145-152 [Aug. 1842]; pl. 1 [Jul. 1836], 2 [Dec. 1836], 3 [May 1842], 4-5 [June 1840], 7 [May 1842], 6, 7B [Aug. 1842]. Paris: Béthune. In: P. B. Webb & S. Berthelot (1836-1844), Histoire naturelle des Iles Canaries 2(2). Zoologie: Mollusques. Paris., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41308382
page(s): 98-99; pl. 7 fig. 13-15 [details]
original description (of Patella nigrosquamosa Dunker, 1846) Dunker, W. (1845-1846). Diagnoses Molluscorum quorundam novorum, quae ex itinere ad oras Africae occidentalis reportavit cl. G. Tams, Med. Dr. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 1845: 163-168; 1846: 24-28., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16291751
page(s): 25-26 [details]
original description (of Patella frauenfeldi Dunker, 1866) Dunker, W. & Zelebor, J. (1866). Bericht über die von der Novara-Expedition mitgebrachten Mollusken. <em>Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien.</em> 16: 909-916., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26724138
page(s): 914 [details]
basis of record Titselaar, F. F. L. M. (1998). A revision of the recent European Patellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Part 1. The Patellidae of the Azores, Madeira, the Selvagens and the Canary Islands. <em>Vita Marina.</em> 45 (3-4): 21-62.
page(s): 47, pl. 3 figs 5-15; note: holotype illustrated pl. 3 figs 8-10 [details] Available for editors

additional source Côrte-Real H.B.S.M., Hawkins S.J. & Thorpe J.P. (1996). An interpretation of the taxonomic relationship between the limpets <i>Patella rustica</i> and <i>Patella piperata</i>. <i>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 76</i>: 717-732 [details]
additional source Johnson, R. I. (1964). The recent Mollusca of Augustus Addison Gould. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 239: 1-182., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/10127
page(s): 128 [details]




To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntype of Patella piperata. Gould, 1847. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 2: 150 - catalog no. 38869)
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Patella guttata A. d'Orbigny, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Patella nigrosquamosa Dunker, 1846)
To Malacopics (Patella piperata Gould, 1846 Portugal, Madeira, Porto Santo, Ponta da Calheta, beached, collected 1999-09, ex coll. J. Trausel .)
To Malacopics (Patella piperata Gould, 1846 Spain, Canarias, Fuerteventura, Corralejo, Bristol Playa, live on rocks, collected December 1997, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To Malacopics (Patella piperata Gould, 1846 Spain, Canarias, Fuerteventura, El Cotillo, live on rocks, collected December 1997, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To Malacopics (Patella piperata Gould, 1846 Spain, Canarias, Lanzarote, Punta Guerra, among rocks, collected July 1986, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To NHMUK collection (Patella guttata d'Orbigny, 1840; NHMUK:ecatalogue:6274448) (from synonym Patella guttata A. d'Orbigny, 1840)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Patella piperata Holotype USNM 5829)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Patella nigrosquamosa Dunker, 1846)
To PESI (from synonym Patella guttata A. d'Orbigny, 1840)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Patella guttata A. d'Orbigny, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Patella nigrosquamosa Dunker, 1846)
To Malacopics (Patella piperata Gould, 1846 Portugal, Madeira, Porto Santo, Ponta da Calheta, beached, collected 1999-09, ex coll. J. Trausel .)
To Malacopics (Patella piperata Gould, 1846 Spain, Canarias, Fuerteventura, Corralejo, Bristol Playa, live on rocks, collected December 1997, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To Malacopics (Patella piperata Gould, 1846 Spain, Canarias, Fuerteventura, El Cotillo, live on rocks, collected December 1997, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To Malacopics (Patella piperata Gould, 1846 Spain, Canarias, Lanzarote, Punta Guerra, among rocks, collected July 1986, ex coll. J. Trausel)
To NHMUK collection (Patella guttata d'Orbigny, 1840; NHMUK:ecatalogue:6274448) (from synonym Patella guttata A. d'Orbigny, 1840)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Patella piperata Holotype USNM 5829)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Patella nigrosquamosa Dunker, 1846)
To PESI (from synonym Patella guttata A. d'Orbigny, 1840)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection