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Gastropoda: : Calyptraeoidea: Calyptraeidae

Bostrycapulus odites R. Collin, 2005


Range: 5°S to 45.8°S; 66°E to 18.33°W
Depth: 0 to 46 m (live 0 to 46 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 30  mm

Synonymy

Crepidula aculeata auct. non Gmelin, 1791
Crepidula fortis Parodiz, 1939
Bostrycapulus odites R. Collin, 2005

Details


Bostrycapulus odites R. Collin, 2005a, p. 96-97, figs. 1B, 5F, 5I, 9A-D, 11B
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Wooley's Pool, Muizenburg, Cape Province South Africa, 0 m
Range: 24°S to 42.5°S; 65°E to 18.33°W
Depth: 0 to 40 m (live 0 to 40 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 30 mm
Distribution: Brazil: Sao Paulo; Argentina: Rio Negro, Chubut
References: Collin (2005a) DdLlNSEWM

Crepidula aculeata auct. non Gmelin, 1791, 
[Not available]
Range: 5°S to 45.8°S; 66°W to 35°W
Depth: 20 to 46 m (live 20 to 46 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 28 mm
Distribution: Brazil: Ceara, Rio Grande do Norte, Sergipe, Bahia, Espirito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Parana, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul; Uruguay, Argentina: Buenos Aires, Rio Negro, Chubut
References: Parodiz (1939) S; Castellanos (1970a) {S}; Simone (2002b) DdLlM; Collin (2005a) s
Comments: Misidentification. All Brazilian records of B. aculeatus are arbitrarily assigned here to B. odites pending resolution of their status; Collin (2005) mentioned only Sao Paulo and south for the Brazilian range of her new species.

Crepidula aculeata var. fortis Parodiz, 1939, p. 696-697, pl. 1, fig. 5
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Golfo de San Matias and Mar del Plata
Range: 38°S to 41°S; 64°W to 57.5°W
Maximum Reported Size: 16 mm
Distribution: Argentina: Buenos Aires, Rio Negro
References: Parodiz (1939) NSEWM


Partial List of References

Collin, R. 2005. Development, phylogeny, and taxonomy of Bostrycapulus (Caenogastropoda: Calyptraeidae), an ancient cryptic radiation Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 144 75-101. [True date: pre May 16.]
Parodiz, J. J. 1939. Las especies de "Crepidula" de las costas argentinas Physis 17 685-709, pl. 1.

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