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

Bostrycapulus calyptraeformis (Deshayes, 1830)
Not found in the Western Atlantic

Maximum Reported Size: 38 mm

Synonymy

Crepidula calyptraeformis Deshayes, 1830
Calyptraea echinus Broderip, 1834
Calyptraea hystrix auct. non Broderip, 1834

Details

Crepidula calyptraeformis Deshayes, 1830,
[Basis of the current name]
References: Hoagland (1983b) s (of ^aculeatus^); Collin (2005a) v
Comments: Collin (2005) showed that this species, formerly synonymized with B. aculeatus is distinct.

Calyptraea (Crepipatella) echinus Broderip, 1834, p. 39
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Ad Peruviam (Lobos Island)
Maximum Reported Size: 38 mm
References: Broderip (1834) M; Parodiz (1939) s (of aculeatus); Collin (2005a) s

Calyptraea hystrix auct. non Broderip, 1834,
[Not available]
Maximum Reported Size: 31 mm
References: Broderip (1832) M; Parodiz (1939) s (of aculeatus); Collin (2005a) s
Comments: Misidentification.

Partial List of References

Broderip, W. J. 1834. Descriptions of several new species of Calyptraeidae Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 2 35-40. [True date: 29 Jul 1834.]

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