WoRMS taxon details
Crepidula fornicata (Linnaeus, 1758)
AphiaID: 138963
AphiaID: 138963
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Calyptraeoidea (Superfamily) > Calyptraeidae (Family) > Crepidula (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Crepidula Lamarck, 1799 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Crepidula riisei Dunker, 1852 Crepidula virginica Conrad, 1871 Crypta densata Conrad, 1843 Crypta nauturum Mörch, 1877 Patella fornicata Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 [details] basis of record: Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Abbott, R.T. (1974). American Seashells. 2nd ed. Van Nostrand Reinhold: New York, NY (USA). 663 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Bromley, J.E.C., and J.S. Bleakney. 1984. Keys to the fauna and flora of Minas Basin. National Research Council of Canada Report 24119. 366 p. [details] additional source: Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Gosner, K.L. 1971. Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 693 p. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Linkletter, L.E. 1977. A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68 p. [details] additional source: Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA., available online at http://www.malacolog.org [details] additional source: Thomas, M.L.H. (ed.). 1983. Marine and coastal systems of the Quoddy Region, New Brunswick. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 64. 306 p. [details] additional source: Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 - 324. page(s): 300 [details] additional source: Turgeon, D.D., et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26 [details] additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 43: 419-453 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] additional source: Hoagland, K.E. 1977. Systematic review of fossil and recent Crepidula and discussion of the evolution of the Calyptraeidae. Malacologia 16(2): 353-420. [details] additional source: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details] additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] additional source: Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Atlantic [details] Atlantic Europe [details] Baltic sea [details] Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Blankenberge [details] Bristol Channel [details] Canada [details] De Haan [details] De Panne [details] Dorset [details] Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details] East Coast of England [details] East Coast of Ireland [details] Elbe [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] German Bight [details] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Grevelingen [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Gulf of St. Lawrence [details] Gulf of St-Malo [details] Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details] Irish Sea [details] Katwijk [details] Koksijde [details] Lorneville Harbour [details] Malta [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] Minas Basin [details] Nieuwpoort [details] North Sea [details] North West Atlantic [details] Oostduinkerke [details] Oostende [details] Oosterschelde [details] Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Sam Orr Pond [details] South Coast of Ireland [details] Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Spuikom [details] Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] USA [details] Wadden Sea [details] Wimereux [details] Zeebrugge [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Feedingtype | suspension feeder [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Host of |
Mytilicola intestinalis Steuer, 1902 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Mytilicola orientalis Mori, 1935 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | BIOTIC Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE) European Network on Invasive Alien Species (NOBANIS) - Crepidula fornicata Global invasive species database - Crepidula fornicata Marine Life Information Network - UK To Barcode of Life (43 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (419 publications) To CLEMAM To Dyntaxa To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (39851 nucleotides; 63 proteins) To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection To ITIS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Alien species: The common Atlantic slipper snail or slipper limpet Crepidula fornicata originates from the east coast of North-America. The species was however brought to Europe together with the eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica. In Belgium, the first slipper limpet was found on 28 September 1911 attached to an oyster in Ostend and since the 1930’s, it is seen as a common species along the Belgian coast. The slipper limpet has little to no predators here, and can thrive on several types of hard bottoms and shellfish banks. A continued expansion to the north is probably inhibited by temperature: low temperatures during the winter can slow down or inhibit the development of the slipper limpet. [details] Dimensions: maximum size of 20 to 50 mm [details] Distribution: In the older fauna lists (e.g. De Malzine (1867), Colbeau (1868), Pelseneer (1881b), Maitland (1897) and Vonck (1933)) Crepidula fornicata is absent, contrary to nowadays. This species was introduced only in the thirties
Distribution: Range: 48°N to 25°N; 97.2°W to 25°W. Distribution: Canada; Canada: Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick; USA: Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida; Florida: East Florida, West Florida; USA: Louisiana, Texas; introduced to the state of Washington. [details] Habitat: Known from rocky shores. [details] Habitat: infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details] Introduction: Species introduced [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138963 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Crepidula fornicata (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138963 on 2013-05-19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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