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Bostrycapulus aculeatus (spiny slipper shell)

Gastropoda - Calyptraeidae

Taxonomy
Patella aculeata was named by Gmelin (1791) [DISTRIBUTION: North Carolina-Colombia, circum-Caribbean.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Crypta aculeata by Holmes (1859); it was recombined as Crepidula aculeata by Guppy (1864), Woodring and Bramlette (1950), Kern (1973); it was recombined as Bostrycapulus aculeatus by Hendy (2020).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Crepidula aculeata

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1791Patella aculeata Gmelin p. 3693
1843Crepidula spinosa Conrad
1859Crypta aculeata Holmes p. 95
1864Crepidula aculeata Guppy p. 35
1950Crepidula aculeata Woodring and Bramlette p. 48
1973Crepidula aculeata Kern p. 87
2020Bostrycapulus aculeatus Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyCalyptraeoideaLamarck 1809
familyCalyptraeidaeLamarck 1809
genusBostrycapulusOlsson and Harbison 1953
speciesaculeatus()

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.

Bostrycapulus aculeatus Gmelin 1791 [spiny slipper shell]
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Invalid names: Crepidula spinosa Conrad 1843 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:45:38
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:46:17
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Serravallian to the top of the Holocene or 13.82000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (94 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Florida) Crepidula aculeata (43024 111204 136943)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Trinidad and Tobago Crepidula aculeata (60414)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela (Sucre) Crepidula aculeata (41545)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (North Carolina) Crepidula spinosa (79249)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Crepidula aculeata (41749)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Venezuela (Tayabas) Crepidula aculeata (41568)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Venezuela Crepidula aculeata (131210 131217 131218 131363)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (Virginia) Bostrycapulus aculeatus (80040) Crepidula aculeata (80036 80038) Crepidula spinosa (78260 78261 78262 78264 78265 78266 78267 78268 78269 78271 79246 79247 79709)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (North Carolina) Crepidula aculeata (58895 79341)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Crepidula aculeata (238436 238437 238606 238607 238609 238610 238612 239468 239470)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (Florida) Crepidula spinosa (80037 80044)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Crepidula aculeata (239463)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (North Carolina) Crepidula aculeata (71138)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (North Carolina) Bostrycapulus aculeatus (80033 80034 80035) Crepidula aculeata (58897)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) Crepidula aculeata (41497 41498 41501 41539 41718 61309 79331 80024 80025)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Costa Rica Crepidula aculeata (66777)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Peru Crepidula aculeata (207003)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Crepidula aculeata (80053)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Ecuador Crepidula aculeata (62040)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Crepidula aculeata (240577)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117South Africa Crepidula aculeata (122937 122940 122941)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Florida) Crepidula aculeata (41705)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Crepidula aculeata (61310) Crepidula spinosa (80046)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Crepidula aculeata (240593 240594 240595 240600 240603 240650 240653)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Ecuador Crepidula aculeata (96866 96867)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Crepidula aculeata (60930 66758) Crypta aculeata (66757)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Bostrycapulus aculeatus (69040 96538) Crepidula aculeata (61311)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Argentina Crepidula aculeata (71676 198740 198741 198742 198752 198754)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil Crepidula aculeata (72117 72118 72120 72121 72122 72123)