Crepidula moulinsii

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]

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)

Description

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 .
  • Michaud A. L. G. (1829). Description de plusieurs espèces nouvelles de coquilles vivantes. Bulletin d'Histoire Naturelle de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux 3: 260-276, 1 pl


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