Crepidula adunca
| Crepidula adunca | |
|---|---|
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| Dorsal view of one Crepidula adunca (left) and lateral view of another Crepidula adunca (right), living on the shell of a Polinices | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Calyptraeoidea |
| Family: | Calyptraeidae |
| Genus: | Crepidula |
| Species: | C. adunca |
| Binomial name | |
| Crepidula adunca Sowerby, 1825 | |
Crepidula adunca, common name the "hooked slippersnail" is a species of sea snail or "slipper snail", a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calyptraeidae, the slipper snails and cup-and-saucer snails.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, from Canada to Baja California, Mexico.
References
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