Marine Species Traits - Calyptraeidae Lamarck, 1809

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Calyptraeidae Lamarck, 1809

AphiaID

141 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Type taxon

Calyptraea Lamarck, 1799 (type by original designation)

Parent

Calyptraeoidea Lamarck, 1809

Original name

Calyptraeidae Lamarck, 1809

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Genus Bicatillus Swainson, 1840 †
Genus Bostrycapulus Olsson & Harbison, 1953
Genus Calyptraea Lamarck, 1799
Genus Calyptropsis Tate, 1893 †
Genus Crepidula Lamarck, 1799
Genus Crepipatella R. P. Lesson, 1831
Genus Crucibulum Schumacher, 1817
Genus Desmaulus Rehder, 1943
Genus Ergaea H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
Genus Grandicrepidula J. H. McLean, 1995
Genus Maoricrypta H. J. Finlay, 1926
Genus Sigapatella R. P. Lesson, 1831
Genus Spirocrypta Gabb, 1864 †
Genus Taimyroconus Guzhov, 2015 †
Genus Thylacus Conrad, 1860 †
Genus Trochita Schumacher, 1817
Genus Crypta J. E. Gray, 1847 accepted as Crepidula Lamarck, 1799 (invalid: junior homonym of Crypta Stephens, 1830 [Coleoptera], and junior objective synonym of Crepidula)
Genus Verticumbo S. S. Berry, 1940 † accepted as Crepipatella R. P. Lesson, 1831 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Lamarck, J.-B. (M. de). (1809). Philosophie zoologique, ou exposition des considérations relatives à l'histoire naturelle des animaux. Paris, Dentu & the author. Tome premier, I-XXV, 1-428. Tome second, 1-475., available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5675762f/f6.item.texteImage
page(s): 1: 321; note: original spelling "les Calyptracées" (vernacular). First latinized [as Calyptrata] by Schumacher, 1817, Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés: 56, 180. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Calyptraeidae Lamarck, 1809. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141 on 2026-07-03

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Calyptraeidae Lamarck, 1809. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141 on 2026-07-03

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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2006-10-09 14:08:21Z

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Gofas, Serge

2009-03-27 17:40:10Z

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Gofas, Serge

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Bouchet, Philippe

2026-01-30 12:16:02Z

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Vinarski, Maxim

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original description Lamarck, J.-B. (M. de). (1809). Philosophie zoologique, ou exposition des considérations relatives à l'histoire naturelle des animaux. Paris, Dentu & the author. Tome premier, I-XXV, 1-428. Tome second, 1-475., available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5675762f/f6.item.texteImage
page(s): 1: 321; note: original spelling "les Calyptracées" (vernacular). First latinized [as Calyptrata] by Schumacher, 1817, Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés: 56, 180. [details]

basis of record Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47 (1-2): 1-397. [20 July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25127200 [details] Available for editors

additional source Marshall, B. A. (2003). A review of the recent and Late Cenozoic Calyptraeidae of New Zealand (Mollusca: Gastropoda). The Veliger. 46(2): 117-144., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42496652 [details]

additional source Collin R. 2005. Development, phylogeny, and taxonomy of Bostrycapulus (Caenogastropoda: Calyptraeidae), an ancient cryptic radiation. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 144(1): 75-101, available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/70129.pdf [details]

additional source Simone, L. R. L. (2002). Comparative morphological study and phylogeny of representatives of the superfamily Calyptraeoidea (including Hipponicoidea) (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda). Biota Neotropica. 2 (2) : 1-137., available online at https://www.scielo.br/j/bn/a/GFp6YMspFMdHXk8YBP8vjvp/?format=pdf&lang=en [details] Available for editors

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., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13131436 [details]

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