Crepidula convexa

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Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Habitat

Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 460 meters (1,509 feet).[1]

Biome: Coastal.

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Crepidula glauca Say

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

First described: Say Th. Description of the Myriapoda of the United States Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia . (1) 3: 1, 1822.

Last scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001

Similar Species

Members of the genus Crepidula

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 13 species and subspecies in this genus:

C. aculeata (Spiny Slippersnail) · C. adunca (Hooked Slippersnail) · C. convexa (Convex Slippersnail) · C. fornicata (Common Atlantic Slippersnail) · C. grandis (Great Slippersnail) · C. maculosa (Spotted Slippersnail) · C. naticarum (Cheeky Slippersnail) · C. nummaria (Western White Slippersnail) · C. onyx (Onyx Slippersnail) · C. perforans (White Slippersnail) · C. plana (Eastern White Slippersnail) · C. striolata (Ridged Slippersnail) · C. unguiformis (European White Slipper-Shell)

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Further Reading

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Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 06, 2007:

• Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database
• Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences OBIS Mollusc Database [Darwin Core]
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, EPA'S EMAP Database
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, NBI
• Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad
• , Biodiversidad de Costa Rica
• Marine Science Institute, UCSB, Paleobiology Database
• Yale University Peabody Museum, Yale Peabody Museum - Invertebrate Paleontology DiGIR provider service

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2684712
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-72624
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13758669
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 72624
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 507574

Footnotes

1. Standard Deviation = 1,429.320 based on 241 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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