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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Calyptraeoidea: Calyptraeidae

Crepidula cymbaeformis Conrad, 1844


Range: 12°N ; 70°W
Maximum Reported Size: 36.5  mm

Synonymy

Crepidula cymbaeformis Conrad, 1844
Crepidula recurvirostris Conrad, 1870
Crepidula avirostra Weisbord, 1962
Crepidula corcovada Weisbord, 1962
Crepidula phalaena Weisbord, 1962

Details


Crepidula cymbaeformis Conrad, 1844, p. 173
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Petersburg, Virginia, Miocene
Range: 12°N ; 70°W
Maximum Reported Size: 25 mm
Distribution: Venezuela: Gulf of Venezuela
References: Petuch (1981a) NSEW; Campbell et al. (1975) s (of ^C. fornicata^)

Crepidula avirostra Weisbord, 1962, p. 209-211, pl. 19, figs. 6-7
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Lower Mare formation, in small stream 100 meters west of Quebrada Mare Abajo, Venezuela
Maximum Reported Size: 18 mm
References: Weisbord (1962) M; Campbell (1993) s

Crepidula corcovada Weisbord, 1962, p. 211, pl. 19, figs. 8-10
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Lower Mare formation, in small stream 100 meters west of Quebrada Mare Abajo, Venezuela
Maximum Reported Size: 13 mm
References: Weisbord (1962) M; Campbell (1993) s

Cerpidula phalaena Weisbord, 1962, p. 208-209, pl. 19, figs. 3-5, 16-18
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Lower Mare formation, in small stream 100 meters west of Quebrada Mare Abajo, Venezuela
Maximum Reported Size: 36.5 mm
References: Weisbord (1962) M; Campbell (1993) s

Crepidula recurvirostris Conrad, 1870, 
[Synonym]
References: Campbell (1993) s


Partial List of References

Conrad, T. A. 1844. Descriptions of eight new fossil shells of the United States Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 2 173-175. [Stated date: -- Dec 1844.]
Weisbord, N. E. 1962. Late Cenozoic gastropods from northern Venezuela Bulletins of American Paleontology 42(193) 672 pp., 48 pls. [Stated date: 05 Mar 1962.]

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