Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Patellogastropoda > Superfamily Patelloidea > Family Patellidae > Genus Patella

Patella piperata A. Gould, 1846

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Patella*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name
*Ansates*	G. B. Sowerby II, 1839	synonym
*Costatopatella*	Pallary, 1912	synonym
*Helcion (Ansates)*	G. B. Sowerby II, 1839	synonym
*Patellastra*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Patina*	Leach, 1847	synonym

Species group names

*Patella guttata*	A. d'Orbigny, 1840	junior homonym; nom. inval.
*Patella frauenfeldi*	Dunker, 1866	synonym
*Patella nigrosquamosa*	Dunker, 1846	synonym

Literature

original description	Gould, A. A. (1846). Descriptions of new shells, collected by the United States Exploring Expedition. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 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].
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. Vita Marina. 45 (3-4): 21-62.
additional source	Côrte-Real H.B.S.M., Hawkins S.J. & Thorpe J.P. (1996). An interpretation of the taxonomic relationship between the limpets Patella rustica and Patella piperata. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 76: 717-732
additional source	Johnson, R. I. (1964). The recent Mollusca of Augustus Addison Gould. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 239: 1-182.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Patella piperata A. Gould, 1846. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140682