Calyptraea

Calyptraea
Three shells of Calyptraea chinensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Calyptraeoidea
Family: Calyptraeidae
Genus: Calyptraea
Lamarck, 1799
Type species
Patella chinensis
Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
  • † Calyptraea (Turbocalyptraea) Eames, 1957 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Galerus Gray, 1847

Calyptraea, commonly known as the Chinese hat snails is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Calyptraeidae, a family which contains the slipper snails or slipper limpets, cup-and-saucer snails, and Chinese hat snails.[1]

  1. ^ Calyptraea Lamarck, 1799. WoRMS (2009). Calyptraea Lamarck, 1799. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137721 on 2010-06-03 .