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Crepidula praerupta

Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae

Taxonomy
Crepidula praerupta was named by Conrad (1849).

It was recombined as Crepidula (Crepidula) praerupta by Etherington (1931).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. arenata, C. gaultiana, C. nidatoriensis, C. radiata, C. stillwaterensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Crepidula praerupta Conrad
1905Crepidula praerupta Anderson p. 204 figs. Plate XVI, Figs. 68 and 69
1918Crepidula praerupta Clark p. 165
1931Crepidula (Crepidula) praerupta Etherington p. 92 figs. Plate 11, figures 2,15
1932Crepidula praerupta Loel and Corey p. 267 figs. Plate 63, figure 16
1963Crepidula praerupta Moore p. 26 figs. Plate 1, figures 15, 16, 22, 24
1976Crepidula praerupta Addicott p. 21

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
orderNeotaenioglossaHaller 1882
suborderPtenoglossa(Gray 1853)
superfamilyCalyptraeoideaLamarck 1809
familyCalyptraeidaeLamarck 1809
genusCrepidulaLamarck 1799
speciespraeruptaConrad 1849

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Crepidula praerupta Conrad 1849
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Thickness: thing
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-03-16 10:24:15
Modified: 2009-09-18 11:27:32
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Abbott and Dance 1986

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Langhian or 37.20000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (California) Crepidula praerupta (71161 71165 71168 71170 71174)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (California) Crepidula praerupta (71186)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (Washington) Crepidula praerupta (37577 37582 37585 37586 37591 37594)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44USA (Washington) Crepidula praerupta (37560)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (California) Crepidula praerupta (71216)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (Oregon) Crepidula praerupta (39597 39599 39602 39604 39605 39606 39697 39698 39798 39799 201690)