Sinônimos: Hipponyx cernuus auct. non Gmelin, 1791; Pileopsis subrufa Lamarck, 1822; Capulus subrufus (Lamarck, 1822); Hipponyx subrufus (Lamarck, 1822); Hipponyx tuberculatus P. P. Carpenter, 1856; Patella subrufus (Lamarck, 1822)
Descrição original: Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome sixième, 2me partie, 232 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13181853page(s): 18