''Bostrycapulus'', commonly known as the spiny slipper snails, is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

sea snail Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...

s in the family

Calyptraeidae The Calyptraeidae are a family of small to medium-sized marine prosobranch gastropods.MolluscaBase. Calyptraeidae Lamarck, 1809. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141 on ...

. Before 2005, the snails in this genus were all thought to belong to one species, which was known as '' Crepidula aculeata'', the spiny slipper snail. However, morphological and DNA sequence data show that the spiny slipper snails are a monophyletic group that is more closely related to '' Crepipatella'' than it is to ''

Crepidula ''Crepidula'', commonly known as the slipper snails, slipper limpets, or slipper shells, is a genus of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the family Calyptraeidae. This family includes the slipper snails (''Crepidula''), hat ...

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Taxonomy

Taxonomic history

All of the species within the genus'' Bostrycapulus'' were previously assigned to a single species, '' Crepidula aculeata''. However, molecular phylogenetic and anatomical work have shown them to be a separate

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grouping or

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, which has elevated them to the genus status. DNA sequence data has also been used in combination with embryological observations to distinguish 8 species.

Species

Species within the genus ''Bostrycapulus'' include: * ''

Bostrycapulus aculeatus ''Bostrycapulus aculeatus'' is a species of sea snail in the family (biology), family Calyptraeidae, the slipper snails or slipper limpets, cup-and-saucer snails, and hat snails. Distribution This species occurs in Florida and the Bahamas. Des ...

'' (Gmelin, 1791) - type species * '' Bostrycapulus calyptraeformis'' (Deshayes, 1830) * '' Bostrycapulus gravispinosus'' (Kuroda and Habe, 1950) * '' Bostrycapulus heteropoma'' Collin & Rolán, 2010. * '' Bostrycapulus latebrus'' Collin, 2005 * ''

Bostrycapulus odites ''Bostrycapulus odites'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calyptraeidae, the slipper snails or slipper limpets, cup-and-saucer snails, and Chinese hat snails. Distribution Description The maximum recorded s ...

'' Collin, 2005 * '' Bostrycapulus pritzkeri'' Collin, 2005 * '' Bostrycapulus tegulicius'' (Rochebrune, 1883) * '' Bostrycapulus urraca'' Collin, 2005

References

External links

* http://www.stri.si.edu/sites/collinlab/tree_species/bostrycapulus.html * http://www.stri.si.edu/sites/collinlab/tree_species/main.html Calyptraeidae Gastropod genera {{Calyptraeidae-stub