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Crepidula Lamarck, 1799

AphiaID

137722 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137722)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Patella fornicata Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Crepidula fornicata (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Calyptraeidae Lamarck, 1809

Original name

Crepidula Lamarck, 1799

Synonymised names

Crypta J. E. Gray, 1847 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Crypta...)

invalid: junior homonym of Crypta Stephens, 1830 [Coleoptera], and junior objective synonym of Crepidula

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Species Crepidula fornicata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Crepidula moulinsii Michaud, 1829
Species Crepidula porcellana Lamarck, 1801
Species Crepidula unguiformis Lamarck, 1822
Species Crepidula aculeata (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Bostrycapulus aculeatus (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Crepidula calceolina Deshayes, 1830 accepted as Crepidula unguiformis Lamarck, 1822 (synonym)
Species Crepidula candida Risso, 1826 accepted as Crepidula unguiformis Lamarck, 1822 (synonym)
Species Crepidula cataldi Parenzan, 1970 accepted as Crepidula unguiformis Lamarck, 1822 (synonym)
Species Crepidula densata Conrad, 1843 accepted as Crepidula fornicata (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
Species Crepidula desmoulinsi Locard, 1886 accepted as Crepidula moulinsii Michaud, 1829 (synonym)
Species Crepidula dilatata Lamarck, 1822 accepted as Crepipatella dilatata (Lamarck, 1822) (original combination)
Species Crepidula gibbosa Defrance, 1818 sensu Deshayes, 1836 accepted as Crepidula moulinsii Michaud, 1829 (misapplication)
Species Crepidula pulchella Aradas, 1846 accepted as Crepidula unguiformis Lamarck, 1822 (synonym)
Species Crepidula sulin Dautzenberg, 1912 accepted as Crepidula porcellana Lamarck, 1801 (synonym)
Species Crepidula virginica Conrad, 1870 † accepted as Crepidula fornicata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Crepidula adspersa Dunker, 1846 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Lamarck, J.B.M. (1799). Prodrome d'une nouvelle classification des coquilles, comprenant une rédaction appropriée des caractères géneriques, et l'établissement d'un grand nombre de genres nouveaux. Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. 1: 63-91., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13585626
page(s): 78 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Crepidula Lamarck, 1799. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137722 on 2025-06-05

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Crepidula Lamarck, 1799. Accessed at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137722 on 2025-06-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2005-04-15 07:47:28Z

changed

Cuvelier, Daphne

2011-05-05 13:12:32Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2015-02-18 07:48:51Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2017-10-07 15:40:33Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2019-06-03 09:34:58Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

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original description Lamarck, J.B.M. (1799). Prodrome d'une nouvelle classification des coquilles, comprenant une rédaction appropriée des caractères géneriques, et l'établissement d'un grand nombre de genres nouveaux. Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. 1: 63-91., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13585626
page(s): 78 [details]

original description (of Crypta J. E. Gray, 1847) Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913
page(s): 157 [details]

context source (PeRMS) Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. Revista de Biologia Tropical. 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details] Available for editors

additional source Dall, W. H. (1900). Some names which must be discarded. The Nautilus. 14(4): 44–45., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1731555 [details]

additional source Hoagland, K. E. (1983). Notes on type specimens of Crepidula (Prosobranchia: Calyptraeidae) in the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. 135: 1-8., available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=KOXX1JxYVh4C&pg=PA2 [details]

additional source Hoagland, K.E. 1977. Systematic review of fossil and recent Crepidula and discussion of the evolution of the Calyptraeidae. Malacologia, 16(2): 353-420., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13131436 [details]

additional source Collin, R. (2003). Phylogenetic Relationships Among Calyptraeid Gastropods and Their Implications for the Biogeography of Marine Speciation. Systematic Biology. 52(5): 618-640., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/10635150390235430 [details]

additional source Howard, A. D. (1952). Molluscan shells occupied by tanaids. The Nautilus. 65(3): 74-75, pl. 5, figs. 3-4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8524875 [details]