WoRMS name details
Astacolus crepidulus (Fichtel & Moll, 1798)
113781 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:113781)
unaccepted (crepidula: small boot is a Latin feminine noun not an adjective)
Species
Astacolus crepidulatus Montfort, 1808 · unaccepted
Crepidulina astacolus Blainville, 1824 · unaccepted (invalid new name)
Cristellaria crepidula (Fichtel & Moll, 1798) · unaccepted
Marginulina crepidula (Fichtel & Moll, 1798) · unaccepted
Nautilus crepidula Fichtel & Moll, 1798 · unaccepted (foraminifer erroneously described...)
foraminifer erroneously described in a mollusc genus
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Nautilus crepidula Fichtel & Moll, 1798) Fichtel, L.v.; Moll, J.P.C.. (1798). Testacea microscopia, aliaque minuta ex generibus Argonauta et Nautilus, ad naturam delineata et descripta. <i>A. Pichler, Wien</i>. xii + 123 pp., 24 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10295#/summary
page(s): p. 107, pl. 19, figs. g-i. [details]
page(s): p. 107, pl. 19, figs. g-i. [details]
Hayward, B.W.; Le Coze, F.; Vachard, D.; Gross, O. (2025). World Foraminifera Database. Astacolus crepidulus (Fichtel & Moll, 1798). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=113781 on 2025-10-13
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Nautilus crepidula Fichtel & Moll, 1798) Fichtel, L.v.; Moll, J.P.C.. (1798). Testacea microscopia, aliaque minuta ex generibus Argonauta et Nautilus, ad naturam delineata et descripta. <i>A. Pichler, Wien</i>. xii + 123 pp., 24 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10295#/summary
page(s): p. 107, pl. 19, figs. g-i. [details]
basis of record Gross, O. (2001). Foraminifera, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 60-75 (look up in IMIS) [details]
new combination reference Sgarrella, F.; Moncharmont Zei, M. (1993). Benthic Foraminifera of the Gulf of Naples (Italy): systematics and autoecology. <em>Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana.</em> 32(2): 145-264. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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page(s): p. 107, pl. 19, figs. g-i. [details]
basis of record Gross, O. (2001). Foraminifera, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 60-75 (look up in IMIS) [details]
new combination reference Sgarrella, F.; Moncharmont Zei, M. (1993). Benthic Foraminifera of the Gulf of Naples (Italy): systematics and autoecology. <em>Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana.</em> 32(2): 145-264. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Sen Gupta, B. K.; Smith, L. E.; Machain-Castillo, M. L. (2009). Foraminifera of the Gulf of Mexico in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. <em>Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.</em> 87-129. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Sen Gupta, B. K.; Smith, L. E.; Machain-Castillo, M. L. (2009). Foraminifera of the Gulf of Mexico in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. <em>Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.</em> 87-129. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
To AMNH Invertebrate Paleontology Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (110 publications) (from synonym Cristellaria crepidula (Fichtel & Moll, 1798))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Astacolus crepidulatus Montfort, 1808)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (110 publications) (from synonym Cristellaria crepidula (Fichtel & Moll, 1798))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Astacolus crepidulatus Montfort, 1808)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To PESI
To ITIS
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