Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > 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

*Propilidium*	Forbes & Hanley, 1849	accepted genus name
*Rostrisepta*	Seguenza, 1866	synonym

Species group names

*Patella ancyloides*	Forbes, 1840	later homonym; nom. inval.
*Patella ancyloides*	Forbes, 1840	synonym; nom. inval.
*Patella exigua*	Thompson W., 1844	synonym
*Propilidium bavayi*	Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1896	synonym
*Propilidium crossei*	Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1896	synonym
*Rostrisepta parva*	Seguenza G., 1866	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: cap limpet sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: Cap Limpet

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
additional source	Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
GBIF

Citation

Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2014). Propilidium exiguum (W. Thompson, 1844). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140188