WoRMS taxon details
Crepidula fimbriata Reeve, 1859
572476 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:572476)
accepted
Species
marine
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. 2, species np. 11 [details]
page(s): pl. 2, species np. 11 [details]
Type locality contained in Washington (State)
, Note The original type locality in Reeve,1859...
type locality contained in Washington (State) [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality The original type locality in Reeve,1859 was Vancouver’s Straits, and it is the locality associated with the syntype specimens NHMUK 197782. Vancouver's Straits is an early name for Rosario Strait. [details]
Distribution Jakalof Bay, Kenai-Cook Inlet, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, to Friday Harbor, San Juan County, Washington. Subtidal,...
Distribution Jakalof Bay, Kenai-Cook Inlet, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, to Friday Harbor, San Juan County, Washington. Subtidal, under rocks to at least 20 meters. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Crepidula fimbriata Reeve, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=572476 on 2025-04-29
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Nomenclature
original description
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. 2, species np. 11 [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): 119, fig. 5A [details]
page(s): pl. 2, species np. 11 [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): 119, fig. 5A [details]
Other
additional source
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]
additional source Collin R. (2003) The utility of morphological characters in gastropod phylogenetics: an example from the Calyptraeidae. <i>Biological Journal of the Linnean Society</i> 78: 541–593. [details]
additional source Collin R. (2003) The utility of morphological characters in gastropod phylogenetics: an example from the Calyptraeidae. <i>Biological Journal of the Linnean Society</i> 78: 541–593. [details]





From editor or global species database
Distribution Jakalof Bay, Kenai-Cook Inlet, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, to Friday Harbor, San Juan County, Washington. Subtidal, under rocks to at least 20 meters. [details]Type locality The original type locality in Reeve,1859 was Vancouver’s Straits, and it is the locality associated with the syntype specimens NHMUK 197782. Vancouver's Straits is an early name for Rosario Strait. [details]