original description
Krauss, F. (1848) Die Südafrikanischen Mollusken. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Mollusken des Kap- und Natallandes und zur Geographischen Verbreitung derselben mit Beschreibung und Abbildung der neuen Arten. Ebner and Seubert, Stuttgart, 140 pp., 6 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13801704
page(s): 47, pl. 3, fig. 11. [details]
basis of record
Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 16 [details]
additional source
Christiaens J. (1986) Notes sur quelques Patellidae (Gastropoda) de l'Océan Indien. <i>Apex</i> 1(4): 97-127., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41551188 [details]
additional source
Robson, G. (1986). A new species of South African limpet, Patella aphanes, (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Patellidae), with a discussion of P. obtecta Krauss, 1848. <em>Durban Museum Novitates 13(22): 305–320.</em>
page(s): 313; note: Type locality emended. [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Hibberdene, KwaZulu-Natal. [details]