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Crepidula fornicata (slipper limpet)

Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Patella fornicata Linnaeus
1859Crypta fornicata Holmes p. 95
1892Crepidula fornicata Dall p. 356
1904Crepidula fornicata Martin p. 248
1943Crepidula fornicata Richards p. 523
1954Crepidula fornicata Abbott p. 170
1962Crepidula fornicata Richards p. 76
1987Crepidula fornicata Spencer and Campbell
2005Crepidula fornicata Rosenberg p. 71
2010Crepidula fornicata Landau and Marques da Silva p. 25

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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
speciesfornicata(Linnaeus 1758)

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 fornicata Linnaeus 1758 [slipper limpet]
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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: Abbott and Dance 1986, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Holocene or 27.30000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (139 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04USA (North Carolina) Crepidula fornicata (71652)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (New Jersey) Crepidula fornicata (59335 59337 59723 92762 92763)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Georgia) Crepidula fornicata (42109 42212)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Maryland) Crepidula fornicata (79102)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Delaware) Crepidula fornicata (18579)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Florida) Crepidula fornicata (41760 42290 42328 42482 42605 42642 42657)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82USA (Maryland) Crepidula fornicata (69023)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Maryland) Crepidula fornicata (79112)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Florida) Crepidula fornicata (42870 42886 42892 43024 43048 111204 136943)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (Virginia) Crepidula fornicata (79752)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (Maryland) Crepidula fornicata (68978 69016 69017 69032)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago Crepidula fornicata (81976)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (South Carolina) Crepidula fornicata (60940)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (North Carolina) Crepidula fornicata (60901 60903)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (Florida) Crepidula fornicata (75011)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Crepidula fornicata (41749)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (Florida) Crepidula fornicata (80037 80044)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (Virginia) Crepidula fornicata (61296 78261 78262 78264 78265 78266 78267 78269 78270 78271 79709)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (North Carolina) Crepidula fornicata (58895 69018 79343)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (Florida) Crepidula fornicata (22712)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (North Carolina) Crepidula fornicata (71138)
Early/Lower Pleistocene (interglacial)2.58 - 0.774USA (North Carolina) Crepidula fornicata (211029 211181 211182 211183)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) Crepidula fornicata (61309 79786 79787 79788 79789 80002 80357 80358)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (North Carolina) Crepidula fornicata (58897 58898 60986 60987 60988 60989 69043 79339 79340 80033 80034 80035)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (South Carolina) Crepidula fornicata (60944 92407)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Cuba Crepidula fornicata (66772)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Delaware) Crepidula fornicata (66701 66702 66703)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (New Jersey) Crepidula fornicata (66601 66612 66614 66616 66617 66618 66621 66622)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Crepidula fornicata (80053 80083)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (New York) Crepidula fornicata (66377 66380)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (South Carolina) Crypta fornicata (79767)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Crepidula fornicata (61310 80046)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Crepidula fornicata (34269 61311 69040 69084 69087 79731 80001 96538)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Crepidula fornicata (57704 57705 57706 69048)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Crepidula fornicata (66742 66748 66749 66751 69045 69047)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Crepidula fornicata (60923 60927 60928 66758 66760 69046 79957)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New York) Crepidula fornicata (61270)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Maryland) Crepidula fornicata (66706 66707 66720 66721)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Massachusetts) Crepidula fornicata (61268 61269)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New York) Crepidula fornicata (81751)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Crepidula fornicata (20606 20613)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) Crepidula fornicata (41935 41936 92775 92776)