Crepidula plana

Crepidula plana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Calyptraeoidea
Family:	Calyptraeidae
Genus:	Crepidula
Species:	C. plana
Binomial name
*Crepidula plana* Say, 1822

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 Chinese hat snails.^[1]

Distribution

The distribution of Crepidula plana ranges from 48°N to 38°S; 97.75°W to 34.9°W.^[2] The distribution includes:

Canada: Nova Scotia, New Brunswick^[2]
USA: Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, East Florida, West Florida, Louisiana, Flower Garden Banks (East & West), Texas^[2]
Mexico: Tamaulipas, Tabasco, Veracruz, Campeche State, Cayo Arcas, Campeche, Yucatan State, Campeche Bank, Alacran Reef, Quintana Roo^[2]
Costa Rica^[2]
Panama^[2]
Colombia^[2]
Venezuela: Gulf of Venezuela, Sucre, Isla Margarita^[2]
Bermuda^[2]
Jamaica^[2]
Virgin Islands: St. Croix^[2]
St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Grenada^[2]
Surinam^[2]
Brazil: Amapa, Ceara, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo^[2]

The length of the shell is 15 to 35 mm.^[2] The maximum recorded shell length is 43 mm.^[3]

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.^[3] Maximum recorded depth is 110 m.^[3]

This article incorporates CC-BY-SA-3.0 text from the reference ^[2]

^ Crepidula plana Say, 1822. Rosenberg, G. (2010). Crepidula plana Say, 1822. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160230 on 2010-06-03.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p Rosenberg, G. (2010). Crepidula plana Say, 1822. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160230 on 2011-01-13
^ ^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.