original description
Valenciennes A. (1846). Atlas de Zoologie. Mollusques. <em>In: A. du Petit-Thouars, Voyage autour du monde sur la frégate la Venus pendant les années 1836–1839.</em> 4 vols. [Mollusques: pls. 1, 1bis, 2, 2bis, 3, 3bis, 4–24; no text]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54753345
page(s): pl. 24 fig. 9 [details]
original description
(of Crepidula explanata A. Gould, 1853) Gould, A. A. (1853). Descriptions of shells from the Gulf of California and the Pacific coasts of Mexico and California. <em>Boston Journal of Natural History.</em> 6: 374-407, pls 14-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32407065
page(s): 377, pl. 14, fig. 7. [details]
original description
(of Crepidula exuviata Reeve, 1859) Reeve, L. A. (1859). Monograph of the genus <i>Crepidula</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 11, pl. 1-5 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated date: June 1859]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8183166#page/443/mode/1up
page(s): pl. 5, species no. 28 [details]
basis of record
Collin R. (2019). Calyptraeidae from the northeast Pacific (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda). <em>Zoosymposia.</em> 13: 107-130., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zoosymposia.13.1.12
page(s): 121, fig. 5E [details]
additional source
Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. <i>American Fisheries Society Special Publication</i>, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 81 [details]
identification resource
Hoagland, K.E. 1977. Systematic review of fossil and recent <i>Crepidula</i> and discussion of the evolution of the Calyptraeidae. <i>Malacologia</i>, 16(2): 353-420., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13131436 [details]
From editor or global species database
Distribution Van Damne State Park, Mendocino County, to Palos Verdes Peninsula and San Pedro, Los Angeles County, California. Depth range is poorly documented, but this species seems to be limited to shallow water. [details]