WoRMS taxon details
Hipponix antiquatus (Linnaeus, 1767)
212117 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212117)
accepted
Species
Amalthea chamaeformis Rochebrune, 1882 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Patella antiquata Linnaeus, 1767 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Patella mitrula Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Patella nivea Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pileopsis antiquata (Linnaeus, 1767) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Patella antiquata Linnaeus, 1767) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Hipponix antiquatus (Linnaeus, 1767). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212117 on 2026-03-23
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Amalthea chamaeformis Rochebrune, 1882) Rochebrune, A.T. (1882). Diagnoses d'espèces nouvelles pour la faune de l'archipel du Cap-Vert. <em>Bulletin de la Société Philomathique de Paris.</em> (7) 6: 24-32., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31660810
page(s): 29-30 [details]
original description (of Amalthea chamaeformis Rochebrune, 1882) Rochebrune, A.T. de. (1882 ["1881"]). Matériaux pour la faune de l'Archipel du Cap Vert. <em>Nouvelles Archives du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> ser. 2, 4(2): 215-340, pls 17-19., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36875538
page(s): 273-274, pl. 18 fig. 11 a-b [details]
original description (of Patella antiquata Linnaeus, 1767) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details]
original description (of Patella mitrula Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3708 [details]
original description (of Patella nivea Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3727 [details]
page(s): 29-30 [details]
original description (of Amalthea chamaeformis Rochebrune, 1882) Rochebrune, A.T. de. (1882 ["1881"]). Matériaux pour la faune de l'Archipel du Cap Vert. <em>Nouvelles Archives du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> ser. 2, 4(2): 215-340, pls 17-19., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36875538
page(s): 273-274, pl. 18 fig. 11 a-b [details]
original description (of Patella antiquata Linnaeus, 1767) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details]
original description (of Patella mitrula Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3708 [details]
original description (of Patella nivea Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3727 [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Yonge C. M. (1953). Observations on <i>Hipponix antiquatus</i> (Linnaeus). <i>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (4)</i>: 281-24 [details]
Other
additional source
Lamy, D. & Pointier, J.P. (2018). Mollusques marins et dulçaquicoles des Antilles françaises. English language edition: Marine and freshwater molluscs of the French Caribbean. 2 volumes, 786 pp. PLB Editions. [Published 4 April 2018].
page(s): 251, pl. 78 figs 4a-c [details]
additional source Darragh, T. A. (2024). A checklist of Australian marine Cenozoic Mollusca. <em>Memoirs of Museum Victoria.</em> 83: 37-206., available online at https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mmv.2024.83.02
page(s): 58 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Carpenter, P.P. (1856). Notes on the species of <i>Hipponyx</i> inhabiting the American coast, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 24: 3-5. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 24: 3-5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12860511
page(s): 3 [details]
page(s): 251, pl. 78 figs 4a-c [details]
additional source Darragh, T. A. (2024). A checklist of Australian marine Cenozoic Mollusca. <em>Memoirs of Museum Victoria.</em> 83: 37-206., available online at https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mmv.2024.83.02
page(s): 58 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Carpenter, P.P. (1856). Notes on the species of <i>Hipponyx</i> inhabiting the American coast, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 24: 3-5. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 24: 3-5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12860511
page(s): 3 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (34 publications)
To Malacopics (Hipponix antiquatus (Linnaeus, 1767) Cape Verde, Sao Nicolau, Tarrafal, Punta Cacim...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Malacopics (Hipponix antiquatus (Linnaeus, 1767) Cape Verde, Sao Nicolau, Tarrafal, Punta Cacim...
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
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