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Crepidula fornicata (Linnaeus, 1758)

138963  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138963)

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Crepidula densata Conrad, 1843 · unaccepted (synonym)
Patella fornicata Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)

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(of Patella fornicata Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 658 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 
Distribution In the older fauna lists (e.g. De Malzine (1867), Colbeau (1868), Pelseneer (1881b), Maitland (1897) and Vonck (1933)) ...  
Distribution In the older fauna lists (e.g. De Malzine (1867), Colbeau (1868), Pelseneer (1881b), Maitland (1897) and Vonck (1933)) Crepidula fornicata is absent, contrary to nowadays. This species was introduced only in the thirties


For a discussion on the way of distribution and introduction see: Adam, W.; Leloup, E. (1934). Sur la présence du gastéropode Crepidula fornicata (Linné, 1758) sur la côte belge. [Occurrence of the gastropod Crepidula fornicata (Linné, 1758) at the Belgian coast.] Bull. Mus. royal d'Hist. Nat. Belg./Med. Kon. Natuurhist. Mus. Belg. 10(45): 1-6. [details]

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Crepidula fornicata (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2024) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138963 on 2024-03-19
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2024). European Register of Marine Species. Crepidula fornicata (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138963 on 2024-03-19
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original description  (of Patella fornicata Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 658 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

original description  (of Crepidula virginica Conrad, 1870 †) Conrad, T. A. (1870). Notes on Recent and fossil shells, with descriptions of new species. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 6(1): 71-78., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15853894
page(s): 78 [details]   

original description  (of Crepidula densata Conrad, 1843) Conrad, T. A. (1843). Descriptions of a new genus, and of twenty-nine new Miocene, and one Eocene fossil shells of the United States. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 1(30-31): 305-311., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26286360
page(s): 311 [details]   

original description  (of Crypta nautarum Mörch, 1877) Mörch, O. A. L. (1877). Synopsis molluscorum marinorum Indiarum occidentalium imprimis Insularum danicarum. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 24: 14-66, 93-123., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15854685
page(s): 103-104; note: name credited to Humphrey (1797) [details]   

context source (Introduced species) Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

context source (Schelde) Maris, T.; Beauchard, O.; Van Damme, S.; Van den Bergh, E.; Wijnhoven, S.; Meire, P. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in RoR[details]   

additional source Abbott, R. T. (1974). <i>American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America</i>. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974]. (look up in RoR[details]   

additional source Mansfield, W. C. (1930). Miocene gastropods and scaphopods of the Choctawhatchee Formation of Florida. <em>Florida State Geological Survey, Bulletin.</em> 3: 1-185, 21 pls., available online at https://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00000437/00001
page(s): 116-118 [details]   

additional source Hoagland, K.E. 1977. Systematic review of fossil and recent <i>Crepidula</i> and discussion of the evolution of the Calyptraeidae. <i>Malacologia</i>, 16(2): 353-420., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13131436 [details]   

additional source McNeill, G.; Nunn, J.; Minchin, D. (2010). The slipper limpet Crepidula fornicata Linnaeus, 1758 becomes established in Ireland. Aquatic Invasions 5(Suppl. 1): S21-S25., available online at http://www.aquaticinvasions.net/2010/Supplement/AI_2010_5_S1_McNeill_etal.pdf [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source Blanchard, M. (1997). Spread of the slipper limpet <i>Crepidula fornicata</i> (L. 1758) in Europe. Current state and consequences. <em>Scientia Marina.</em> 61 (Sup 2): 109-118. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source Collin, R. (1995). Sex, size, and position: A test of models predicting size at sex change in the protandrous gastropod <i>Crepidula fornicata</i>. <em>American Naturalist.</em> 146(6): 815-831., available online at http://www.stri.si.edu/sites/publications/PDFs/Collin_AmNat.pdf [details]   

additional source Rawlings, T. A.; Aker, J. M.; Brunel, P. (2011). Clarifying the Northern Distributional Limits of the Slipper Limpet Crepidula fornicata in the Northwestern Atlantic. <em>American Malacological Bulletin.</em> 29(1-2): 105-119., available online at https://doi.org/10.4003/006.029.0202 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source Adams, C. B. (1839). Observations on some species of the marine shells of Massachusetts, with descriptions of five new species. <em>Boston Journal of Natural History.</em> 2: 262-288, pl. 4., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32266920
page(s): 278-279 [details]   

additional source Collin R. (2019). Calyptraeidae from the northeast Pacific (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda). <em>Zoosymposia.</em> 13: 107-130., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zoosymposia.13.1.12
page(s): 117, figs 1C, 4C [details]   

additional source Stearns, R. E. C. (1897). Quarter-jacks and jingles. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 11(4): 38-40., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1774612 [details]   

additional source Winkley, H. W. (1892). A few additional notes on <i>Crepidula</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 6(6): 63., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42789015 [details]   

additional source Johnson, C. W. (1926). The abundance of <i>Crepidula fornicata</i> L. at Nantucket, Mass. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 40(2): 68., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8523201 [details]   

additional source Orton, J. H. (1927). Is the American slipper-limpet (<i>Crepidula fornicata</i>) an oyster pest?. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 40(3): 102-103., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8523237 [details]   

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in RoR), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

ecology source Richard J., Huet M., Thouzeau G. & Paulet Y.-M. (2006). Reproduction of the invasive slipper limpet, <i>Crepidula fornicata</i>, in the Bay of Brest, France. <em>Marine Biology.</em> 149(4): 789-801., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-005-0157-4 [details]   
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Alien species The common Atlantic slipper snail or slipper limpet Crepidula fornicata originates from the east coast of North-America. The species was however brought to Europe together with the eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica. In Belgium, the first slipper limpet was found on 28 September 1911 attached to an oyster in Ostend and since the 1930’s, it is seen as a common species along the Belgian coast. The slipper limpet has little to no predators here, and can thrive on several types of hard bottoms and shellfish banks. A continued expansion to the north is probably inhibited by temperature: low temperatures during the winter can slow down or inhibit the development of the slipper limpet.  [details]

Dimensions maximum size of 20 to 50 mm [details]

Distribution In the older fauna lists (e.g. De Malzine (1867), Colbeau (1868), Pelseneer (1881b), Maitland (1897) and Vonck (1933)) Crepidula fornicata is absent, contrary to nowadays. This species was introduced only in the thirties


For a discussion on the way of distribution and introduction see: Adam, W.; Leloup, E. (1934). Sur la présence du gastéropode Crepidula fornicata (Linné, 1758) sur la côte belge. [Occurrence of the gastropod Crepidula fornicata (Linné, 1758) at the Belgian coast.] Bull. Mus. royal d'Hist. Nat. Belg./Med. Kon. Natuurhist. Mus. Belg. 10(45): 1-6. [details]

LanguageName 
Dutch slippermuiltjegewoon muiltje  [details]
English slipper shellslipper limpetcommon Atlantic slippersnail  [details]
French crépidule  [details]
German Pantoffelschnecke  [details]
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