original description
(of Crepidula hepatica var. complanata Krauss, 1848) Krauss, F. (1848) Die Südafrikanischen Mollusken. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Mollusken des Kap- und Natallandes und zur Geographischen Verbreitung derselben mit Beschreibung und Abbildung der neuen Arten. Ebner and Seubert, Stuttgart, 140 pp., 6 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13801704
page(s): 69, pl. 4, fig. 12b [details]
original description
(of Crepidula hepatica var. corrugata W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): 155, pl. 35, sp. 1106. [details]
original description
(of Crepidula hepatica var. alboradiata W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): 155. [details]
original description
(of Crepidula adspersa var. adjacens W. H. Turton, 1932) Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): 156, pl. 35, sp. 1111. [details]
basis of record
Collin, R. 2006. Sex ratio, life-history invariants, and patterns of sex change in a family of protandrous gastropods. Evolution 60: 735-745., available online at https://doi.org/10.1554/05-201.1 [details]
additional source
Collin, R. (2003). Phylogenetic Relationships Among Calyptraeid Gastropods and Their Implications for the Biogeography of Marine Speciation. <em>Systematic Biology.</em> 52(5): 618-640., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/10635150390235430 [details]
From editor or global species database
Synonymy May eventually prove to be a junior synonym of Crepidula adspersa Dunker, 1846 from Angola, but molecular data from Angolan material is needed to confirm that it is conspecific with the South African species. [details]