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Crepidula onyx

Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae

Taxonomy
Crepidula onyx was named by Sowerby (1824) [DISTRIBUTION: Recent; Eastern Pacific, Argentina. ]. It is extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1824Crepidula onyx Sowerby
1926Crepidula onyx Hanna p. 448
1959Crepidula onyx Addicott and Emerson p. 15
2021Crepidula onyx Hendy

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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
speciesonyxSowerby 1824

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 onyx Sowerby 1824
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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 Messinian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 7.24600 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (47 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6USA (California) Crepidula onyx (37551)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (California) Crepidula onyx (194801 194803 194894 194895)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica Crepidula onyx (66795)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Crepidula onyx (200398)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781USA (California) Crepidula onyx (237590)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (California) Crepidula onyx (214286)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (California) Crepidula onyx (202495 231899)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Costa Rica Crepidula onyx (66777)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Crepidula onyx (223075)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) Crepidula onyx (96565)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Crepidula onyx (201624)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Crepidula onyx (96592 96593)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Crepidula onyx (37934 37936 37939 37940 37943 37944 37945 37947 37948)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Argentina Crepidula onyx (71606)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Crepidula onyx (96894 138723 202492 203095 223329 223525)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Crepidula onyx (59063 96566 96895 96937 160361 202490 203417 219029 219030 222659 222660 222661) Crepidula rugosa (222674)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Crepidula onyx (67641)