Family CALYPTRAEIDAE Lamarck, 1809

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• Calyptracées Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1809. Philosophie zoologique. Paris : Dentu Vol. 1 xxv + 428 pp. [321] [original spelling; First latinized [as Calyptrata] by Schumacher (1817)].

  Type genus:

   Calyptraea Lamarck, 1799.

  Secondary source:

   Schumacher, C.F. 1817. Essai d'un Nouveau Systéme des Habitations des vers Testacés. Copenhagen : Schultz 287 pp., pls 1-22. [56, 180].

Introduction

Rehder (1980) sees no valid reason for separating the family into Calyptraeinae Blainville, 1824 and Crepidulinae Flemming, 1822, and also argues that since Crepidulinae is the earliest name it should take precedence over Calyptraeinae.

General 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. [83-84, 88]

Beesley, P.L., Ross, G.J.B. & Wells, A. (eds) 1998. Mollusca: The Southern Synthesis. Fauna of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 5(Part B) pp. vi–viii, 565–1234. [773-774]

Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia 47: 1–397 [250]

Collin, R. 2003. Phylogenetic relationships among Calyptraeid gastropods and their implications for the biogeography of marine speciation. Systematic Biology 52(5): 618-640

Dell, R.K. 1956. The archibenthal Mollusca of New Zealand. Dominion Museum Bulletin 18: 1-235, pls 1-25 [70]

Fischer, P.H. 1955. Remarques sur la famille des Calyptraeidae. Journal de Conchyliologie 95(1): 38-42

Rehder, H.A. 1980. The marine mollusks of Easter Island (Isla de Pascura) and Sala y Gómez. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 289: 1–167 [61]

Rippingale, O.H. & McMichael, D.F. 1961. Queensland and Great Barrier Reef shells. Brisbane : Jacaranda Press 210 pp. [44]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [163]

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