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Calyptraea (Crepidula) protea

Gastropoda - Calyptraeidae

Taxonomy
Calyptraea (Crepidula) protea was named by d'Orbigny (1941) [DISTRIBUTION: Cuba, Puerto Rico, Brazil.]. It is extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. alaskana, C. aldrichi, C. americana, C. aurita, C. conica, C. conradi, C. deformis, C. dieaoana, C. diegoanalichnina, C. discoidalis, C. excentricus, C. flosa, C. helicoidea, C. juliana, C. labellata, C. laevis, C. lispa, C. mammilaris, C. merriami, C. montensis, C. newtoni, C. nidulifera, C. primogenita, C. sanctae-crucis, C. saxosa, C. striatella, C. suessoniensis, C. trochiformis, C. tubura, C. viridarena, C. deformis, C. deformis, C. deformis, C. irregularis, C. morbidum, C. tudung, C. suessoniensis, Crepidula aculeata, Crepidula aculeata, Crepidula aesop, Crepidula ancestra, Crepidula arculeata, Crepidula arculetata, Crepidula avirostra, Crepidula californicum, Crepidula cannoni, Crepidula cantaurana, Crepidula capensis, Crepidula cochleare, Crepidula corcovada, Crepidula fornicata, Crepidula fornicula, Crepidula gaultiana, Crepidula gaultina, Crepidula gregaria, Crepidula isimotoi, Crepidula jimboana, Crepidula juliella, Crepidula lawrencei, Crepidula matajiroi, Crepidula nidatoriensis, Crepidula norrisianum, Crepidula nummaria, Crepidula nunimaria, Crepidula phalaena, Crepidula pilea, Crepidula ponderosa, Crepidula porcellana, Crepidula radiata, Crepidula rhyssema, Crepidula rostrata, Crepidula rugulosa, Crepidula spinosium, Crepidula spinulosa, Crepidula stillwaterensis, Crepidula striolata, Crepidula sulin, Crepidula tigilensis, Crepidula unguliformis, Crepidula walshii, Crepidula aculeata, Crepidula aesop, Crepidula rhysseama, Crepidula crepidula, Crepidula immersa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Calyptraea (Crepidula) protea d'Orbigny p. 465

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyCalyptraeoideaLamarck 1809
familyCalyptraeidaeLamarck 1809
genusCalyptraeaLamarck 1799
subgenusCrepidula
speciesprotead'Orbigny 1941

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.

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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 Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.77400 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Argentina Crepidula protea (71605 71606)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Uruguay Crepidula protea (195933)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina Crepidula protea (71607 71610)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil Crepidula protea (72116 72117 72118 72120 72121 72122 72123)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Argentina Crepidula protea (71675 71676 198746 198749 198754)