Crucibulum spinosum

Crucibulum spinosum
Crucibulum spinosum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Calyptraeoidea
Family: Calyptraeidae
Genus: Crucibulum
Species: C. spinosum
Binomial name
Crucibulum spinosum
(Sowerby, 1824)

Crucibulum spinosum, common name the spiny cup-and-saucer snail, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calyptraeidae, the slipper snails and cup-and-saucer snails.

This species is native to the west coast of the Americas, from California to Chile. It has been introduced and established in Hawaii.[1]

References

  1. ^ United States Geological Survey. 2008. Crucibulum spinosum. USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL. <http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.asp?speciesID=994> Revision Date: 17 November 2004.

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