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Crepidula adunca

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Crepidula adunca
Dorsal view of one Crepidula adunca (left) and lateral view of another Crepidula adunca (right), living on the shell of a Polinices
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C. adunca
Binomial name
Crepidula adunca
Sowerby, 1825

Crepidula adunca, common name the "hooked slippersnail" is a species of sea snail or "slipper snail", a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calyptraeidae, the slipper snails and cup-and-saucer snails.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, from Canada to Baja California, Mexico.

References

  • Some info at [1]