Crepidula moulinsii

Crepidula moulinsii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Calyptraeoidea
Family: Calyptraeidae
Genus: Crepidula
Species: C. moulinsii
Binomial name
Crepidula moulinsii
Michaud, 1829
Synonyms
  • Crepidula desmoulinsi Locard, 1886
  • Crepidula gibbosa Defrance, 1818 sensu Lamarck, 1822 (misidentification)

Crepidula moulinsii 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 pant snails.[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Mediterranean Sea.

References

  1. Crepidula moulinsii Michaud, 1829. Gofas, S. (2009). Crepidula moulinsii Michaud, 1829. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=180993 on 2010-06-03.


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