WoRMS taxon details
Cryptobranchia concentrica (Middendorff, 1848)
527874 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:527874)
accepted
Species
Cryptobranchia alba Dall, 1869 · unaccepted
Lepeta (Cryptobranchia) concentrica (Middendorff, 1848) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
Lepeta (Cryptoctenidia) concentrica (Middendorff, 1848) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
Lepeta concentrica (Middendorff, 1848) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Patella caeca var. concentrica Middendorff, 1848 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Patella caeca var. concentrica Middendorff, 1848) Middendorff A.Th. von. (1848). Vorläufige Anzeige einiger neuen Arten und Synonymien, nebst einer neuen ausgezeichneten Varietät, aus dem Geschlechte Patella L. <em>Bulletin de la Classe Physico-Mathématique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg.</em> 6(20): 317-320., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45977169
page(s): 319 [details]
page(s): 319 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Cryptobranchia concentrica (Middendorff, 1848). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527874 on 2026-03-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cryptobranchia alba Dall, 1869) Dall, W. H. (1869). Materials for a monograph of the family Lepetidae. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 5: 140-150., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54513
page(s): 145, pl. 15, fig. 3 (a-d) [details]
original description (of Patella caeca var. concentrica Middendorff, 1848) Middendorff A.Th. von. (1848). Vorläufige Anzeige einiger neuen Arten und Synonymien, nebst einer neuen ausgezeichneten Varietät, aus dem Geschlechte Patella L. <em>Bulletin de la Classe Physico-Mathématique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg.</em> 6(20): 317-320., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45977169
page(s): 319 [details]
basis of record Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. <i>American Fisheries Society Special Publication</i>, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 56 [details]
page(s): 145, pl. 15, fig. 3 (a-d) [details]
original description (of Patella caeca var. concentrica Middendorff, 1848) Middendorff A.Th. von. (1848). Vorläufige Anzeige einiger neuen Arten und Synonymien, nebst einer neuen ausgezeichneten Varietät, aus dem Geschlechte Patella L. <em>Bulletin de la Classe Physico-Mathématique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg.</em> 6(20): 317-320., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45977169
page(s): 319 [details]
basis of record Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. <i>American Fisheries Society Special Publication</i>, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 56 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Ilin, I.D., Sharina, S.N., Chernyshev, A.V. (2026). Limpets of the family Lepetidae (Patellogastropoda) from the continental shelf of the Northwestern Pacific – generic and specific composition. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> Bd. 320. P. 13-26., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2025.11.005 [details] Available for editors 
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additional source
Golikov, A. N.; Kussakin, O. G. (1978). Shell-bearing gastropods of the intertidal zone of the seas of the USSR. [Голиков А.Н., Кусакин О.Г. 1978. Раковинные брюхоногие моллюски литорали морей СССР. Определители по фауне СССР, издаваемые Зоологическим институтом АН СССР, 116: 292 с.]. <em>Opredeliteli po faune SSSR, izdavayemye Zoologicheskim Institutom AN SSSR.</em> 116: 1-292 [In Russian].
page(s): 44, fig. 26 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Gulbin, V. V.; Chaban, E. M. (2012). Annotated list of shell-bearing gastropods of Commander Islands. <em>Part I. The Bulletin of the Russian Far East Malacological Society</i.</em> 15-16: 5-30. [In Russian]., available online at http://rfems.dvo.ru/images/rfems/bulletin/vol_015_016/article_01.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 44, fig. 26 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Gulbin, V. V.; Chaban, E. M. (2012). Annotated list of shell-bearing gastropods of Commander Islands. <em>Part I. The Bulletin of the Russian Far East Malacological Society</i.</em> 15-16: 5-30. [In Russian]., available online at http://rfems.dvo.ru/images/rfems/bulletin/vol_015_016/article_01.pdf [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype ZI 1140/1, 1141/2, geounit Sea of Okhotsk [details]
To ANSP Malacology Collection in GBIF (catalog no. 50071) (from synonym Lepeta concentrica (Middendorff, 1848))
To Barcode of Life (20 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Cryptobranchia alba Dall, 1869)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Lepeta concentrica (Middendorff, 1848))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lepeta concentrica) (from synonym Lepeta concentrica (Middendorff, 1848))
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 16 proteins) (from synonym Lepeta concentrica (Middendorff, 1848))
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 16 proteins) (from synonym Patella caeca var. concentrica Middendorff, 1848)
To Malacopics (Lepeta concentrica (Middendorff, 1848) United States, Alaska, Baranof Island, Sitka) (from synonym Lepeta concentrica (Middendorff, 1848))
To Malacopics (Lepeta concentrica (Middendorff, 1848) United States, Washington, San Juan Islands,... (from synonym Lepeta concentrica (Middendorff, 1848))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Cryptobranchia alba Dall, 1869)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (20 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Cryptobranchia alba Dall, 1869)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Lepeta concentrica (Middendorff, 1848))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lepeta concentrica) (from synonym Lepeta concentrica (Middendorff, 1848))
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 16 proteins) (from synonym Lepeta concentrica (Middendorff, 1848))
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 16 proteins) (from synonym Patella caeca var. concentrica Middendorff, 1848)
To Malacopics (Lepeta concentrica (Middendorff, 1848) United States, Alaska, Baranof Island, Sitka) (from synonym Lepeta concentrica (Middendorff, 1848))
To Malacopics (Lepeta concentrica (Middendorff, 1848) United States, Washington, San Juan Islands,... (from synonym Lepeta concentrica (Middendorff, 1848))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Cryptobranchia alba Dall, 1869)
To ITIS
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