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]
Crepidula porcellana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Calyptraeidae |
Genus: | Crepidula |
Species: | C. porcellana
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Binomial name | |
Crepidula porcellana (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Description
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Distribution
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References
edit- ^ 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 .
External links
edit- Media related to Crepidula porcellana at Wikimedia Commons