Crepidula moulinsii

Crepidula moulinsii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Calyptraeidae
Genus:	Crepidula
Species:	C. moulinsii
Binomial name
Crepidula moulinsii Michaud, 1829
Synonyms
Crepidula desmoulinsiLocard, 1886 Crepidula gibbosaDefrance, 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 .

• 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

External links

• Hoagland, K.E. 1977. Systematic review of fossil and recent Crepidula and discussion of the evolution of the Calyptraeidae. Malacologia, 16(2): 353-420