Calyptraea

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Calyptraea
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Three shells of Calyptraea chinensis
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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
  • GalerusGray, 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]

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Species

Species within the genus Calyptraea include:

Species brought into synonymy

References

  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