white slippersnail

Crepidula perforans

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Calyptraeidae

Crepidula plana, common name the eastern white slippersnail, 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 hat snails. This species is characterized by a flat white shell, a white body, and development that includes a planktotrophic larval stage. This species often occurs inside large gastropod shells that are inhabited by hermit crabs.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 100Canada · 1

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Parsa Fard, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionCrepidula plana, Wikipedia contributors

white slippersnail

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