Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Calyptraeoidea > Family Calyptraeidae > Genus Crepidula

Crepidula porcellana Lamarck, 1801

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Crepidula*	Lamarck, 1799	accepted genus name
*Crypta*	J. E. Gray, 1847	junior homonym

Species group names

*Crepidula fornicata var. garnot*	Dautzenberg, 1891	synonym
*Crepidula sulin*	Dautzenberg, 1912	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: slipper limpet

Literature

original description	Lamarck, J. B. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. Published by the author and Deterville, Paris. : viii + 432 pp.
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Gofas, S., Afonso, J.P. & Brandào, M. (1985). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp. Printed without date.
additional source	Guppy, R. J. L. (1877). First sketch of a marine invertebrate fauna of the Gulf of Paria and its neighbourhood. Proceedings of the Scientific Association of Trinidad. 2(3): 134-157.
additional source	Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.
additional source	Bernard P.A. (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140 pp, 75 plates, illus.
additional source	Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
additional source	Guppy, R. J. L. (1879). First sketch of a marine invertebrate fauna of the Gulf of Paria and its neighbourhood. Journal of Conchology. 2: 151-172.
additional source	Guppy, R. J. L. (1895). The Molluska of the Gulf of Paria. Proceedings of the Victoria Institute of Trinidad. Pt. 2: 116-152.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Crepidula porcellana Lamarck, 1801. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138965