- Crepidula atrasolea
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Crepidula atrasolea Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade LittorinimorphaSuperfamily: Calyptraeoidea Family: Calyptraeidae Genus: Crepidula Species: C. atrasolea Binomial name Crepidula atrasolea
Collin, 2000[1]Crepidula atrasolea is a species of small sea snail, a slipper snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calyptraeidae, the slipper snails or slipper limpets, cup-and-saucer snails, and Chinese hat snails.[2]
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Distribution
This species occurs in the Western Atlantic Ocean. This species occurs in Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina and north on that coast to Canada.
Description
The maximum shell size of this species is 16 mm in females; males are much smaller.
The maximum recorded shell length is 15.8 mm.[3]
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 20 m.[3]
References
- ^ Collin R. (2000). "Phylogeny of the Crepidula plana (Gastropoda: Calyptraeidae) cryptic species complex in North America". Canadian Journal of Zoology 78: 1500-1514. doi:10.1139/cjz-78-8-1500, PDF.
- ^ Crepidula atrasolea Collin, 2000. WoRMS (2010). Crepidula atrasolea Collin, 2000. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419702 on 2010-06-03.
- ^ a b c Welch J. J. (2010). "The “Island Rule” and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
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