Calyptraea helicoidea

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Calyptraea helicoidea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Calyptraeidae
Genus: Calyptraea
Species:
C. helicoidea
Binomial name
Calyptraea helicoidea
(G.B. Sowerby II, 1883)
Synonyms

Trochita helicoideaG.B. Sowerby II, 1883 (original combination)

Calyptraea helicoidea 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

This marine species occurs off Port Elisabeth and East London, South Africa.

References

  1. Calyptraea helicoidea . WoRMS (2009). Calyptraea helicoidea. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225113 on 2010-06-03 .