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Crepipatella
Sign in to saveCrepipatella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Calyptraeidae, the slipper snails and cup-and-saucer snails.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderLittorinimorpha
- FamilyCalyptraeidae
Habitatmarine
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 72
- With media
- 14
- Family
- Calyptraeidae
- Collections
- PRI, LACM, SDNHM, CAS, DMNS, UCMP
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico, Chile, Peru
Wikidata facts
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- Parent taxon
- Calyptraeidae
- Image
- Crepipatella dilatata (MNHN-IM-2000-31617).jpeg
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Crepipatella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Calyptraeidae, the slipper snails and cup-and-saucer snails.
The snails in this genus were formerly all thought to belong to the genus Crepidula, but DNA sequence data show that they are a separate genus.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Crepipatella” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.