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Crepidula fornicata

Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae

Taxonomy
Patella fornicata was named by Linnaeus (1758) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene-Recent; Eastern Canada-Central America, Europe. TYPE: Unknown.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Crypta fornicata by Holmes (1859); it was recombined as Crepidula fornicata by Dall (1892), Martin (1904), Richards (1943), Abbott (1954), Richards (1962), Spencer and Campbell (1987), Rosenberg (2005) and Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).

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

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
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available