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Bostrycapulus

Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae

Taxonomy
Bostrycapulus was named by Olsson and Harbison (1953). It is extant.

It was reranked as Crepidula (Bostrycapulus) by Todd (2001).

It was assigned to Crepidula by Todd (2001); and to Calyptraeidae by Rosenberg (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Bostrycapulus Olsson and Harbison
2001Crepidula (Bostrycapulus) Todd
2005Bostrycapulus Rosenberg

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
orderNeotaenioglossaHaller 1882
suborderPtenoglossa(Gray 1853)
superfamilyCalyptraeoideaLamarck 1809
familyCalyptraeidaeLamarck 1809
genusBostrycapulusOlsson and Harbison 1953

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.

G. Bostrycapulus Olsson and Harbison 1953
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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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Holocene or 20.45000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 13.82 Ma

Collections (121 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Colombia (La Guajira) B. sp. (156798)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Florida) Crepidula aculeata (43024 111204 136943)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas) Crepidula sp. (135839)
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 (Florida) Crepidula spinosa (80037 80044)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (Virginia) B. 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 (California) Crepidula aculeata (200398 238436 238437 238606 238607 238609 238610 238612 239463 239468 239470)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (North Carolina) Crepidula aculeata (58895 79341)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (North Carolina) Crepidula aculeata (71138)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (California) Crepidula aculeata (189765 189766 189769)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (California) Crepidula aculeata (223033)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (North Carolina) B. aculeatus (80033 80034 80035) Crepidula aculeata (58897)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Costa Rica Crepidula aculeata (66777)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) Crepidula aculeata (41497 41498 41501 41539 41718 61309 79331 80024 80025)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Crepidula aculeata (223075)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Peru Crepidula aculeata (207003)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117South Africa Crepidula aculeata (122937 122940 122941)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Crepidula aculeata (240577)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Ecuador Crepidula aculeata (62040)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Crepidula aculeata (80053)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Crepidula aculeata (37933 37940 37943)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Florida) Crepidula aculeata (41705)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Crepidula aculeata (138723 222663 222664)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) B. odites (175628)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Angola B. sp. (152644)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Crepidula aculeata (61310) Crepidula spinosa (80046)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (Hawaii) Crepidula gravispinosa (89294)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) Crepidula aculeata (222646)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Crepidula aculeata (60930 66758) Crypta aculeata (66757)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) B. odites (148417)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) Calyptraea calyptraeformis (96708)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) B. aculeatus (69040 96538) Crepidula aculeata (61311)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Crepidula aculeata (96943 96945) Crepidula gravispinosa (97961)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Ecuador Crepidula aculeata (96866 96867)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Crepidula aculeata (202936 222661 240593 240594 240595 240600 240603 240650 240653)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Uruguay B. odites (195917 195933)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil Crepidula aculeata (72117 72118 72120 72121 72122 72123)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Argentina Crepidula aculeata (71676 198740 198741 198742 198752 198754)