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Crucibulum (gastropod)

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Crucibulum
Crucibulum scutellatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Calyptraeidae
Genus: Crucibulum
Schumacher, 1817[1]
Type species
Crucibulum planum
Schumacher, 1817
Synonyms
  • Calyptraea (Calypeopsis) Lesson, 1831
  • Dispotaea Say, 1824

Crucibulum, commonly known as cup-and-saucer snails, is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Calyptraeidae.

Species

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Crucibulum deformis, a fossil species from Miocene

Species within the genus Crucibulum include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Crucibulum extinctorium (Lamarck, 1822) : synonym of Calyptraea extinctorium Lamarck, 1822: synonym of Desmaulus extinctorium (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Crucibulum renovatum Crosse & P. Fischer, 1890: synonym of Calyptraea renovata (Crosse & P. Fischer, 1890) (original combination)

References

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  1. ^ Schumacher (1817). Essai Vers test. 56: 182.