Calyptraea

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Calyptraea
Three shells of Calyptraea chinensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Calyptraeoidea
Family: Calyptraeidae
Genus: Calyptraea
Lamarck, 1799
Type species
Patella chinensis Linnaeus, 1758

Calyptraea, commonly known as the "Chinese hat snails" is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Calyptraeidae, a family which contains the slipper snails or slipper limpets, cup-and-saucer snails, and Chinese hat snails.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Calyptraea include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Calyptraea aberrans C.B. Adams, 1852: synonym of Anomia peruviana d'Orbigny, 1846
  • Calyptraea adolphei Lesson, 1831: synonym of Crepipatella dilatata (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Calyptraea amygdalus Valenciennes, 1846: synonym of Crepidula onyx G.B. Sowerby I, 1824
  • Calyptraea arenata Broderip, 1834: synonym of Crepidula excavata (Broderip, 1834)
  • Calyptraea dorsata Broderip, 1834: synonym of Crepidula dorsata (Broderip, 1834)
  • Calyptraea echinus Broderip, 1834: synonym of Crepidula aculeata (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Calyptraea excavata Broderip, 1834: synonym of Crepidula excavata (Broderip, 1834)
  • Calyptraea hystrix Broderip, 1834: synonym of Crepidula aculeata (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Calyptraea incurva Broderip, 1834: synonym of Crepidula incurva (Broderip, 1834)
  • Calyptraea lessonii Broderip, 1834: synonym of Crepidula lessonii (Broderip, 1834)
  • Calyptraea marginalis Broderip, 1834: synonym of Crepidula marginalis (Broderip, 1834)
  • Calyptraea monoxyla Lesson, 1831: synonym of Maoricrypta monoxyla (Lesson, 1831)
  • Calyptraea plana A. Adams & Reeve, 1850: synonym of Crepidula walshi (Reeve, 1859)
  • Calyptraea rugosa Carpenter, 1856: synonym of Crepidula onyx G.B. Sowerby I, 1824
  • Calyptraea sinensis (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Calyptraea chinensis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Calyptraea spinosa G. B. Sowerby I, 1824: synonym of Crucibulum spinosum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1824)
  • Calyptraea squama Broderip, 1834: synonym of Crepidula striolata Menke, 1851
  • Calyptraea strigata Broderip, 1834: synonym of Crepidula dilatata (Lamarck, 1822)

References

  1. Calyptraea Lamarck, 1799. WoRMS (2009). Calyptraea Lamarck, 1799. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137721 on 2010-06-03.
  2. Calyptraea africana Rolán, 2004.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2010-06-02.
  3. Calyptraea centralis (Conrad, 1841).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2010-06-02.
  4. Calyptraea chinensis (Linnaeus, 1758).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2010-06-02.
  5. Calyptraea helicoidea .  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2010-06-02.
  6. Calyptraea inexpectata Rolán, 2004.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2010-06-02.
  • Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates
  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
  • 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
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