MolluscaBase - Clypidella Swainson, 1840

MolluscaBase name details

Clypidella Swainson, 1840

AphiaID

694642 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:694642)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded rank

Accepted name

Fissurella (Clypidella) Swainson, 1840 represented as Fissurella Bruguière, 1789

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Patella pustula Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Fissurella pustula (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Fissurella punctata Pérez Farfante, 1943 (type by monotypy)

Parent

Emarginulinae Children, 1834

Original name

Fissurella (Clypidella) Swainson, 1840

Direct children (2)

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Species Clypidella baikiei A. Adams, 1855 accepted as Macroschisma baikiei (A. Adams, 1855)
Species Clypidella callomarginata Dall, 1871 accepted as Lucapinella callomarginata (Dall, 1871) (original combination)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

(of Fissurella (Clypidella) Swainson, 1840) Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 356 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Clypidella Swainson, 1840. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=694642 on 2026-09-09

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2012-09-17 19:37:59Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

2022-01-15 00:33:12Z

changed

Auffenberg, Kurt

2025-03-16 07:57:26Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

2026-06-04 08:49:26Z

changed

Herbert, David

Licensing

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Sources (2)

original description (of Fissurella (Clypidella) Swainson, 1840) Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology; or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. Longman, London, viii + 419 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33450
page(s): 356 [details]

basis of record Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). <i>The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization</i>. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-72 (1954), 73-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650
page(s): Vol. 1: 448, pl. 51, fig. 3 [details]