Malacolog 4.1.1: Western Atlantic Mollusk Species Database at The Academy of Natural Sciences

Malacolog Version 4.1.1

A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

Gastropoda: : Calyptraeoidea: Calyptraeidae

Calyptraea chinensis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Not found in the Western Atlantic

Synonymy

Patella chinensis Linnaeus, 1758
Patella sinensis Gmelin, 1791

Details

Patella chinensis Linnaeus, 1758, p. 781, [Bonan. recr. 1, t. 12; List. Conch. 4, s. 1, c. 7, f. 3; Argenv. conch. t. 6, f. F]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: M. Mediterraneo

Patella sinensis Gmelin, 1791,
[Synonym]
References: Melvill & Standen (1912) DdNSEW
Comments: Erroneously reported from Burwood Bank by Melvill & Standen (1912); Calyptraea sinensis is a synonym of the Eastern Atlantic C. chinensis (Linnaeus, 1758).

Partial List of References

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae Systema Naturae, 10th ed., vol. 1 824 pp. Laurentii Salvii: Holmiae [Stockholm, Sweden].

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