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Calyptraea

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Calyptraea
Three shells of Calyptraea chinensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Calyptraeoidea
Family: Calyptraeidae
Genus: Calyptraea
Lamarck, 1799
Type species
Patella chinensis
Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
  • Calyptraea (Turbocalyptraea) Eames, 1957 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Galerus Gray, 1847

Calyptraea, commonly known as the Chinese hat snails is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Calyptraeidae, a family which contains the slipper snails or slipper limpets, cup-and-saucer snails, and Chinese hat snails.[1]

Species

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Species within the genus Calyptraea include:

Species brought into synonymy

References

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  1. ^ Calyptraea Lamarck, 1799. WoRMS (2009). Calyptraea Lamarck, 1799. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137721 on 2010-06-03 .
  2. ^ Calyptraea africana Rolán, 2004. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2010-06-02.
  3. ^ Calyptraea centralis (Conrad, 1841). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2010-06-02.
  4. ^ Calyptraea chinensis (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2010-06-02.
  5. ^ Calyptraea helicoidea. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2010-06-02.
  6. ^ Calyptraea inexpectata Rolán, 2004. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2010-06-02.
  7. ^ Kiel S. (2003) New taxonomic data for the gastropod fauna of the Umzamba Formation (Santonian–Campanian, South Africa); Cretaceous Research 24 (2003) 449–475
  • Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates
  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
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