CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Mollusca (phylum) » Gastropoda (class) » Littorinimorpha (order) » Calyptraeidae (family)

CAAB Code:	24 135006 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Bostrycapulus pritzkeri Collin, 2005
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	24 - Mollusca - Gastropoda Gastropods (univalve molluscs, slugs, snails etc.)
Family:	24 135 Calyptraeidae (slipper limpets) - show full list
Common Name:	[a slipper limpet]
Organism Type:	a slipper limpet
Synonyms:	Crepidula aculeata (mis-identification)
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Marine unspecified
Parent Codes:	24 135903 Bostrycapulus spp.

Taxon Notes:

Previously confused with the western tropical Atlantic species Bostrycapulus aculeatus (as Crepidula aculeata), see Collin, 2005.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:e74ffe93-486e-46e5-8dcc-90cf52090be2 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:758878 Name status: unaccepted Checked on: 2016-06-20 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

Record source:	Wilson, B., 1993, Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods Pt I. Odyssey Publishing, Leederville, W.A.
Scientific Name verified against:	Collin, R., 2005. Development, phylogeny, and taxonomy of Bostrycapulus (Caenogastropoda: Calyptraeidae), an ancient cryptic radiation., Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Vol. 144: 75-101.

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