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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Calyptraeoidea: Calyptraeidae

Crepidula margarita Simone, 2006


Range: 10.98°N ; 64.14°W
Depth: 0.5 to 1 m (live 0.5 to 1 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 18.2  mm

Synonymy

Crepidula aplysioides auct. non Reeve, 1859
Crepidula margarita Simone, 2006

Details


Crepidula margarita Simone, 2006a, p. 7-13, figs. 10-12, 26-27, 35-51
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: La Restinga Lagoon, Margarita Island, Nueva Esparta State, Venezuela, 64°02'-64°12'W, 10°90' [sic]-11°02'N [10.98°N, 64.14°W, see Miloslavich et al. 2003, fig. 1B]
Range: 10.98°N ; 64.14°W
Depth: 0.5 to 1 m (live 0.5 to 1 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 17.8 mm
Distribution: Venezuela: Isla Margarita
References: Simone (2006) M
Comments: The type locality is show in Figure 1B of Miloslavich et al. (2003); the coordinates of the collecting site are 10.98°N, 64.14°W, determined using Google Earth (G. Rosenberg, 27 Sept. 2007).

Crepidula aplysioides auct. non Reeve, 1859, 
[Not available]
Range: 10.98°N ; 64.14°W
Depth: 0.5 to 1 m (live 0.5 to 1 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 18.2 mm
Distribution: Venezuela: Isla Margarita
References: Miloslavich et al. (2003) DdLlNWM; Simone (2006a) s
Comments: Misidentification by Simone et al. 2000 and Miloslavich et al. (2003).


Partial List of References

Simone, L. R. L. 2006. Morphological and phylogenetic study of the Western Atlantic Crepidula plana complex (Caenogastropoda, Calyptraeidae), with description of three new species from Brazil Zootaxa 1112 3-64. [Stated date: 20 Jan 2006.]

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