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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Calyptraeoidea: Calyptraeidae

Crepidula navicula (Mörch, 1877)


Range: 18.3°N to 10.5°N; 68.27°W to 62°W
Depth: 0.2 to 1 m (live 0.2 to 1 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 10  mm

Synonymy

Crepidula convexa auct. non Say, 1822
Crypta navicula Mörch, 1877
Crepidula cerithicola Guppy, 1895

Details


Crypta (Crypta) navicula Mörch, 1877b, p. 105, [Collin 2005b, fig. 4]
[Basis of the current name]
Attributed to: Dunker MS
Type Locality: St. Martin; St. Thomas; Isla Margarita
Range: 18.3°N to 10.85°N; 68.27°W to 63°W
Depth: 0.2 to 1 m (live 0.2 to 1 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 10 mm
Distribution: Venezuela: Falcon, Isla Margarita; Virgin Islands: St. Thomas; St. Martin/St. Maarten
References: Mörch (1877b) NEM; Collin (2002) v; Collin (2003); Miloslavich et al. (2003) DdLlSW; Collin (2005b) T
Comments: Coordinates of 69°16'W in Miloslavich et al. (2003) are an error for 68°16'W.

Crepidula cerithicola Guppy, 1895, p. 125
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: Gulf of Paria, Trinidad
Range: 10.5°N ; 62°W
Distribution: Venezuela: unlocalized; Trinidad & Tobago: Trinidad
References: Guppy (1895) NSEW; Princz (1982a); Collin (2002) s?
Comments: Non C. B. Adams, 1852.

Crepidula convexa auct. non Say, 1822, 
[Not available]
References: Collin (2005b) s
Comments: Misidentification in part by Hoagland (1977: 369).


Partial List of References

Guppy, R. J. L. 1895. The Molluska of the Gulf of Paria Proceedings of the Victoria Institute of Trinidad 1895 116-152. [Stated date: -- Mar 1895; true date: pre Aug 6.]
Mörch, O. A. L. 1877. Synopsis molluscorum marinorum Indiarum occidentalium imprimis insularum danicarum Malakozoologische Blätter 24 14-66, 93-123.

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