Species Bostrycapulus aculeata (Gmelin, 1791)
Prickly Slipper Limpet, Slipper Limpet
- Patella aculeata Gmelin J.F. 1791. Caroli a Linné. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Lipsiae : Georg. Emanuel. Beer Vermes. Vol. 1(Part 6) pp. 3021–3910. [officially regarded by the ICZN Opinion 296 (26 Oct 1954) as the 13th edition of Systema Naturae] [species 3693].
Type data:
Status unknown, Caribbean Sea. - Crepidula foliacea Broderip, W.J. 1834. Characters of new genera and species of Mollusca and Conchifera, collected by Mr. Cuming. Descriptions of new species of Calyptraeidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 2: 35-40 [38].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1966633, ?Chile [P]. - Calyptraea echinus Broderip, W.J. 1834. Characters of new genera and species of Mollusca and Conchifera, collected by Mr. Cuming. Descriptions of new species of Calyptraeidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 2: 35-40 [39].
Type data:
Status unknown, Lobos Island, Peru. - Calyptraea hystrix Broderip, W.J. 1834. Characters of new genera and species of Mollusca and Conchifera, collected by Mr. Cuming. Descriptions of new species of Calyptraeidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 2: 35-40 [39].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1966629, Lobos Island, Peru. - Crepidula maculata Quoy, J.M.C. & Gaimard, J.P. 1835. Voyage de découvertes de l'Astrolabe, exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1829. Paris : J. Tastu 954 pp., atlas, 107 pls. [422, pl. 72, figs 7-9].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP, New Zealand [P]. - Crepidula californica Tryon, G.W. 1886. Manual of Conchology. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1 8: 1-461, 79 pls [112, 129].
Type data:
Status unknown, (Museum listed as WARM), California. - Crepidula gravispinosa Kuroda, T. & Habe, T. 1950. Nomenclatural notes. Illustrated Catalogue of Japanese Shells 4: 30 [30].
Generic Combinations
- Crepidula aculeata (Gmelin, 1791). —
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [164, pl. 22, figs 13a-c] - Bostrycapulus aculeata (Gmelin, 1791).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Pantropical
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, intertidal, marine, mud, rocks, sandy bottom.
Extra Ecological Information
Attached to shells, stones or mangrove trunks (Wilson, 1993)
General References
Hedley, C. 1918. A checklist of the marine fauna of New South Wales. Part 1. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 51: M1–M120 [M57]
Hedley, C. 1923. Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part XIV. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 48: 301-316, pls 30-33 [309]
Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. 1999. Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Japan : Elle Scientific Publications 749 pp. [115] (C. gravispinosa has valid species status in this publication)
Hoagland, K.E. 1977. Systematic review of fossil and Recent Crepidula and discussion of evolution of the Calyptraeidae. Malacologia 16(2): 353-420 [364]
Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [44]
Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp. [181-182, figs 63g, h]
Pritchard, G.B. & Gatliff, J.H. 1906. Catalogue of the marine shells of Victoria. Part IX. With complete index to the whole catalogue. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 18(2): 39–92 [53]
Smith, E.A. 1915. British Antarctic ("Terra Nova") Expedition, 1910; Natural History Report, Mollusca Part 1 - Gastropoda Prosobranchia, Scaphopoda and Pelecypoda. Zoology (Jena) 2(4): 61-112, pls 1, 2 [97]
Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1888. On the anatomy and life history of Mollusca peculiar to Australia. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 1888 22: 106-187 [126]
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [164, pl. 22, figs 13a-c]
Common Name References
Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [85] (Prickly Slipper Limpet)
Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [51, pl. 126] (Slipper Limpet)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2021 | CALYPTRAEOIDEA | 20-Jan-2012 | MODIFIED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
| 12-Jan-2012 | MODIFIED |