Bostrycapulus

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Bostrycapulus
Temporal range: Miocene–Recent [1]
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Bostrycapulus aculeatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Calyptraeoidea
Family:
Calyptraeidae
Genus:
Bostrycapulus

Olsson & Harbison, 1953 [2]
Species

See text

Bostrycapulus, commonly known as the spiny slipper snails, is a genus of sea snails in the family Calyptraeidae. [3]

Contents

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. [1] 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 .

Taxonomy

Taxonomic history

All of the species within the genus Bostrycapulus were previously assigned to a single species, Crepidula aculeata . [1] However, molecular phylogenetic and anatomical work have shown them to be a separate monophyletic grouping or clade, which has elevated them to the genus status. [1] DNA sequence data has also been used in combination with embryological observations to distinguish 8 species. [1]

Species

Species within the genus Bostrycapulus include:

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Collin, Rachel (2005). "Development, phylogeny, and taxonomy of Bostrycapulus (Caenogastropoda: Calyptraeidae), an ancient cryptic radiation". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 144 (1): 75–101. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00162.x.
  2. ↑ Olsson & Harbison (1953). "Pliocene Mollusca of southern Florida etc". Monogr.Acad.nat.Sci.Philad.8: 279.
  3. ↑ Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2024). "Bostrycapulus Olsson & Harbison, 1953". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  4. ↑ Collin R.; Rolán E. (2010) [2008]. "Bostrycapulus heteropoma n. sp. and Bostrycapulus tegulicius (Gastropoda: Calyptraeidae) from western Africa". Veliger. 51: 8–14..


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