Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Patellogastropoda > Superfamily Lottioidea > Family Lepetidae > Genus Propilidium

Propilidium exiguum (W. Thompson, 1844)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

PropilidiumForbes & Hanley, 1849accepted genus name
Rostrisepta G. Seguenza, 1866 synonym

Species group names

Patella ancyloides Forbes, 1840 junior homonym; nom. inval.
Patella exigua W. Thompson, 1844 synonym
Propilidium ancyloides (Forbes, 1840) synonym
Propilidium bavayi Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896 synonym
Propilidium crossei Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896 synonym
Propilidium scabrosum Jeffreys, 1883 synonym
Rostrisepta parva G. Seguenza, 1866 synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 English: cap limpet; curled limpet sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.
 German: Gedrehte Napfschnecke

Literature

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

Dantart, L.; Luque, A. A. (1994). Cocculiniformia and Lepetidae (Gastropoda: Archaeogastropoda) from Iberian waters. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 60(3): 277-313.

new combination reference

Winckworth, R. (1932). The British marine Mollusca. Journal of Conchology. 19 (7): 211-252.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Propilidium exiguum (W. Thompson, 1844). 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:140188

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


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Importance

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2016-04-16 by Serge Gofas

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