A Guide to the Seashells and other Marine Molluscs of Tasmania, by Simon Grove 

Last build: Sat Sep 04 08:05:14 Tasmania Standard Time 2010

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Alphabetical list of species epithets, including synonyms           Alphabetical list of species by common name      Alphabetical list of species by common name (group-name first)     

Step up two levels to family (-subfamily) Patellidae       Step up a level to genus Patella Linnaeus, 1758

Step backwards to previous species: Patella chapmani     Step forwards to next species: Emarginula candida

Patella (Scutellastra) peronii Blainville, 1825 - “scaly limpet”  

Synonym(s): peronii Blainville, 1825 diemenensis Philippi, 1848 aculeata Reeve, 1855 squamifera Reeve, 1855 ustulata Reeve, 1855 tasmanica Tenison Woods, 1876 hepatica Verco, 1906.

Taxonomic validity:  acceptable.



Image(s)
Figures a-c: 38 mm, Maria Island, Tas (E). Figure d: coralline-encrusted, 35 mm, South Cape, Tas (S). Figure e: 24 mm, Black River Beach, Tas (N). Figures f-g: 24 mm, South Bruny, Tas (S). Figure h: 20 mm, Orford, Tas (E). Figures i-j: 14 mm, Orford, Tas (E). View supplementary image(s)

Habitat and distribution
Presence in Tasmanian waters: confirmed.       Introduced?: no.       Extinct?: no.       Occurrence on Tasmanian beaches?: common.       Substrate: on rocks.      Depth-range: intertidally.      Tasmanian distribution: all round the coast - view locality listing (if available)      Australian range: NSW, TAS, VIC, SA and WA      Global range: southern Australia

Description and identification
Shell-bearing? yes.       Typical adult shell-length: 50 mm.

Compare with:

Patella chapmani

Patelloida victoriana