The Calyptraeidae are a

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of small to medium-sized

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prosobranch Prosobranchia was a large taxonomic subclass of sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. This taxon of gastropods dates back to the 1920s. It has however been proven to be polyphyletic (consisting of more than one lineage of descent). Gene ...

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s. MolluscaBase. Calyptraeidae Lamarck, 1809. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141 on 2019-11-04 This family includes the slipper snails (''

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 ...

'' species), the Chinese hat snails, ('' Calyptraea'' species), and the cup-and-saucer snails ('' Crucibulum'' species) among others. The Calyptraeidae are the only family in the

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Calyptraeoidea. This family has no subfamilies according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005. ''

Crepidula fornicata ''Crepidula fornicata'' is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Calyptraeidae, the slipper snails and cup and saucer snails. It has many common names, including common slipper shell, common Atlantic ...

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Description

Internally, the shell is distinguished by a shelf-like, cup-like, or half-cup-like structure used for muscle attachment. Some calyptraeids have shells that externally resemble those of

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s, so species in the genus ''Crepidula'' are often called slipper limpets. However, these snails are not closely related to true limpets and are more closely related to

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es and

cowrie Cowrie or cowry () is the common name for a group of small to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. The term ''porcelain'' derives from the old Italian term for the cowrie shell (''porcellana'') d ...

s. The "slipper" in the name "slipper limpet" is based on the appearance of the inside of the shell, which with its half-shelf resembles a traditional western bedroom slipper.

Reproduction

Calyptraeids may form a tower of up to 25 animals, sometimes referred to as a mating chain. The bottom snail is always female. When she dies, the male above her will change from male to female, and the chain continues.

Genera

Genera within the family Calyptraeidae include: Powell A. W. B. (1979) ''New Zealand Mollusca''. William Collins Publishers Ltd,

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, . * '' Bicatillus'' Swainson, 1840 * ''

Bostrycapulus ''Bostrycapulus'', commonly known as the spiny slipper snails, is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Calyptraeidae, the slipper snails, cup-and-saucer snails and hat snails. Before 2005, the snails in this genus ...

'' Olsson & Harbison, 1953 * '' Calyptraea''

Lamarck Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, chevalier de Lamarck (1 August 1744 – 18 December 1829), often known simply as Lamarck (; ), was a French naturalist, biologist, academic, and soldier. He was an early proponent of the idea that biolog ...

, 1799 * ''

'' Lamarck, 1799 * ''

Crepipatella ''Crepipatella'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Calyptraeidae, the slipper snails and cup-and-saucer snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Crepipatella Lesson, 1831. Accessed through: World Register ...

'' Lesson, 1831 * '' Crucibulum'' Schumacher, 1817 * '' Desmaulus'' Rehder, 1943 * '' Ergaea'' H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 * '' Grandicrepidula'' McLean, 1995 * '' Maoricrypta'' Finlay, 1926 * ''

Sigapatella ''Sigapatella'' is a genus of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Calyptraeidae, the slipper snails, Chinese hat snails, and cup-and-saucer snails.WoRMS (2010). Sigapatella Lesson, 1831. Accessed through: Wo ...

'' Lesson, 1930 * † '' Taimyroconus'' Guzhov, 2015 * ''

Trochita ''Trochita'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Calyptraeidae, the slipper snails or slipper limpets, cup-and-saucer snails, and Chinese hat snails. Species Species within the genus ''Trochita'' include: * '' Troc ...

'' Schumacher, 1817 ;Genera brought into synonymy : * ''Cheila'' Modeer, 1793: synonym of '' Cheilea'' Modeer, 1793 – this is actually in the Hipponicidae, not the Calyptraeidae * '' Clypeola'' Gray, 1868: synonym of ''

'' Lesson, 1831 * ''Crypta'' Gray, 1847: synonym of ''

'' Lamarck, 1799 * ''Dispotaea'' Say, 1824: synonym of '' Crucibulum'' Schumacher, 1817 * ''Galerus'' Gray, 1847 : synonym of '' Calyptraea'' Lamarck, 1799 * ''Garnotia'' Gray, 1857: synonym of ''

'' Lamarck, 1799 * ''Ianacus'' Mörch, 1852: synonym of ''

'' Lamarck, 1799 * '' Siphopatella'' Lesson, 1831: synonym of ''Syphopatella'' Lesson, 1831; synonym of''Crepidula'' Lamarck, 1799 (unjustified emendation of ''Syphopatella'') * ''Spirogalerus'' Finlay & Marwick, 1937 †: synonym of ''

'' Lesson, 1831 * ''Syphopatella'' Lesson, 1831: synonym of ''

'' Lamarck, 1799 * ''Trochatella'' Lesson, 1831: synonym of ''

'' Schumacher, 1817 * ''Trochilla'' Swainson, 1835: synonym of ''

'' Schumacher, 1817 * ''Verticumbo'' Berry, 1940 †: synonym of ''

'' Lesson, 1831 * ''Zeacrypta'' Finlay, 1926: synonym of '' Maoricrypta'' Finlay, 1926 * ''Zegalerus'' Finlay, 1927: synonym of ''

'' Lesson, 1831

References

External links

Miocene Gastropods and Biostratigraphy of the Kern River Area, California; United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 642

Marshall B.A. 2003. A review of the Recent and Late Cenozoic Calyptraeidae of New Zealand (Mollusca: Gastropoda). The Veliger 46(2): 117-144

Collin R. 2005. Development, phylogeny, and taxonomy of Bostrycapulus (Caenogastropoda: Calyptraeidae), an ancient cryptic radiation. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 144(1): 75-101

Hoagland, K.E. 1977. Systematic review of fossil and recent Crepidula and discussion of the evolution of the Calyptraeidae. Malacologia, 16(2): 353-420
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