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

Crepidula unguiformis Lamarck, 1822

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 calceolina*	Deshayes, 1830	synonym
*Crepidula candida*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Crepidula cataldi*	Parenzan, 1970	synonym
*Crepidula pulchella*	Aradas, 1846	synonym
*Crepidula unguiformis var. calceola*	Monterosato, 1880	synonym
*Crepidula unguiformis var. punctata*	Pallary, 1900	synonym
*Patella goreensis*	Gmelin, 1791	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: Mediterranean slippersnail sources: 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: Fingernagel; Fingernagel- Pantoffelschnecke sources: 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.

Greek: Παντόφλα

Literature

original description	Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome sixième, 2me partie, 232 pp. Paris, published by the author.
basis of record	Landau, B. M.; Ceulemans, L.; Van Dingenen, F. (2018). The upper Miocene gastropods of northwestern France, 2. Caenogastropoda. Cainozoic Research. 18 (2): 177-368.
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	Hoagland, K.E. 1977. Systematic review of fossil and recent Crepidula and discussion of the evolution of the Calyptraeidae. Malacologia, 16(2): 353-420.
additional source	Brunetti, M. & Della Bella, G. (2024). Conchiglie fossili di Pradalbino. Palermo: Edizioni Danaus. 183 pp.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Crepidula unguiformis Lamarck, 1822. 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:138966