Crepidula porcellana

Crepidula porcellana
Crepidula porcellana
Crepidula porcellana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Calyptraeoidea
Family: Calyptraeidae
Genus: Crepidula
Species: C. porcellana
Binomial name
Crepidula porcellana
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Crepidula porcellana, common name the slipper limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calyptraeidae, the slipper snails or slipper limpets, cup-and-saucer snails, and Chinese hat snails.[1]

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Description

Distribution

References

  1. ^ Crepidula porcellana (Linnaeus, 1758). Gofas, S. (2009). Crepidula porcellana (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=13896 on 2010-06-03.

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