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Crepidula porcellana (Linnaeus, 1758) 
AphiaID: 138965

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
Sources  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: Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg., available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details]

additional source: Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English slipper limpet  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution Angola [details]
Atlantic [details]
Cape Esterias [details]
East Coast of South Africa [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Island of Banié [details]
Namibia [details]
South Africa [details]
South Coast of South Africa [details]
West Coast of South Africa [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (46 publications)
To CLEMAM
To Encyclopedia of Life
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Notes  Authority: Rolan gives Crepidulla porcellana authority by lamarck, 1801 [details]

Distribution: Island of Banié to Cape Esterias [details]

Habitat: Known from rocky shores. [details]

Spelling: Crepidula porcellena Lamarck according to Gofas et al (Conchas e moluscos de Angola) [details]
Images 
Crepidula porcellana
Crepidula porcellana
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Crepidula porcellana
Crepidula porcellana
added on 2012-07-18 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked

Crepidula porcellana
Crepidula porcellana
added on 2012-07-18 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138965
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Gofas, Serge
2006-04-05 09:14:33Z  changed  Vandepitte, Leen
2008-08-08 21:17:43Z  changed  Gofas, Serge
  
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  Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Crepidula porcellana (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138965 on 2013-05-25
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