Crucibulum (gastropod)

Crucibulum, commonly known as cup-and-saucer snails, is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Calyptraeidae.

Crucibulum
Crucibulum scutellatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Calyptraeoidea
Family:	Calyptraeidae
Genus:	Crucibulum Schumacher, 1817[1]
Type species
Crucibulum planum Schumacher, 1817
Synonyms
Calyptraea (Calypeopsis) Lesson, 1831 Dispotaea Say, 1824

Species

Crucibulum deformis, a fossil species from Miocene

Species within the genus Crucibulum include:

• Crucibulum auricula (Gmelin, 1791)
• Crucibulum concameratum Reeve, 1859
• † Crucibulum costatum (Say, 1820)
• Crucibulum cyclopium Berry, 1969
• Crucibulum lignarium (Broderip, 1834)
• Crucibulum marense Weisbord, 1962
• Crucibulum monticulus Berry, 1969
• Crucibulum pectinatum Carpenter, 1856
• Crucibulum personatum Keen, 1958
• Crucibulum planum Schumacher, 1817
• Crucibulum quiriquinae (Lesson, 1830)
• Crucibulum scutellatum (W. Wood, 1828)
• Crucibulum serratum (Broderip, 1834)
• Crucibulum spinosum (Sowerby, 1824)
• Crucibulum springvaleense Rutsch, 1942
• Crucibulum striatum (Say, 1826)
• Crucibulum subactum Berry, 1963
• Crucibulum umbrella (Deshayes, 1830)
• Crucibulum waltonense Gardner, 1947

Species brought into synonymy

• Crucibulum extinctorium (Lamarck, 1822) : synonym of Calyptraea extinctorium Lamarck, 1822: synonym of Desmaulus extinctorium (Lamarck, 1822)
• Crucibulum renovatum Crosse & P. Fischer, 1890: synonym of Calyptraea renovata (Crosse & P. Fischer, 1890) (original combination)

References

1. Schumacher (1817). Essai Vers test. 56: 182.