BeRMS taxon details
Crepidula Lamarck, 1799
137722 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137722)
accepted
Genus
Patella fornicata Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Crepidula fornicata (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by monotypy)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Lamarck, J.B.M. (1799). Prodrome d'une nouvelle classification des coquilles, comprenant une rédaction appropriée des caractères géneriques, et l'établissement d'un grand nombre de genres nouveaux. <em>Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris.</em> 1: 63-91., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13585626
page(s): 78 [details]
page(s): 78 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Crepidula Lamarck, 1799. Accessed through: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards) Belgian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/berms./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137722 on 2026-08-23
VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010 onwards). Belgian Register of Marine Species. Crepidula Lamarck, 1799. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137722 on 2026-08-23
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Lamarck, J.B.M. (1799). Prodrome d'une nouvelle classification des coquilles, comprenant une rédaction appropriée des caractères géneriques, et l'établissement d'un grand nombre de genres nouveaux. <em>Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris.</em> 1: 63-91., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13585626
page(s): 78 [details]
additional source Collin, R. (2003). Phylogenetic Relationships Among Calyptraeid Gastropods and Their Implications for the Biogeography of Marine Speciation. <em>Systematic Biology.</em> 52(5): 618-640., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/10635150390235430 [details]
additional source Dall, W. H. (1900). Some names which must be discarded. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 14(4): 44–45., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1731555 [details]
additional source Hoagland, K. E. (1983). Notes on type specimens of <i>Crepidula</i> (Prosobranchia: Calyptraeidae) in the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> 135: 1-8., available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=KOXX1JxYVh4C&pg=PA2 [details]
additional source Hoagland, K.E. 1977. Systematic review of fossil and recent <i>Crepidula</i> and discussion of the evolution of the Calyptraeidae. <i>Malacologia</i>, 16(2): 353-420., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13131436 [details]
additional source Howard, A. D. (1952). Molluscan shells occupied by tanaids. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 65(3): 74-75, pl. 5, figs. 3-4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8524875 [details]
page(s): 78 [details]
additional source Collin, R. (2003). Phylogenetic Relationships Among Calyptraeid Gastropods and Their Implications for the Biogeography of Marine Speciation. <em>Systematic Biology.</em> 52(5): 618-640., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/10635150390235430 [details]
additional source Dall, W. H. (1900). Some names which must be discarded. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 14(4): 44–45., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1731555 [details]
additional source Hoagland, K. E. (1983). Notes on type specimens of <i>Crepidula</i> (Prosobranchia: Calyptraeidae) in the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> 135: 1-8., available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=KOXX1JxYVh4C&pg=PA2 [details]
additional source Hoagland, K.E. 1977. Systematic review of fossil and recent <i>Crepidula</i> and discussion of the evolution of the Calyptraeidae. <i>Malacologia</i>, 16(2): 353-420., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13131436 [details]
additional source Howard, A. D. (1952). Molluscan shells occupied by tanaids. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 65(3): 74-75, pl. 5, figs. 3-4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8524875 [details]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Crepidula)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (JPEM 02665)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 101692)
To ITIS
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (JPEM 02665)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 101692)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
