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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Calyptraeoidea: Calyptraeidae

Crepidula cruzana Usticke, 1959
Dubious name


Range: 17.8°N ; 64.7°W
Maximum Reported Size: 15  mm

Details


Crepidula fornicata var. cruzana Usticke, 1959, p. 48-49
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Altona Bay, St. Croix
Range: 17.8°N ; 64.7°W
Maximum Reported Size: 15 mm
Distribution: Virgin Islands: St. Croix
References: Usticke (1969) NSEWM; Warmke & Abbott (1961) s?; Boyko & Cordeiro (2001a) T
Comments: Listed as a subspecies by Usticke (p. vi), not only as a variety, therefore available under ICZN Article 45.6.1. (see Boyko & Cordeiro 2001).


Partial List of References

Usticke, G. W. Nowell. 1959. A Check List of Marine Shells of St. Croix  vi + 90, 4 pls. Author: Christiansted, St. Croix. [Stated date: -- --- 1959; true date: post June.]

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