Overview
Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
White Slippersnail, Western White Slipper Shell, Western White Slipper Snail
Description
Physical Description
Species Crepidula perforans
A slipper shell which is a flattened or even concave , irregular cap-shape with an apex directed posteriorly, white, with the free margin of the septum nearly straight, often attached to bivalve shells, especially inside those occupied by hermit crabs. Length up to 5.5 cm but usually not much over 2.5 cm. Variable in shape , conforms to substrate. May be thin and fragile or thick and robust . Periostracum thin, often inconspicuous.[1]
Habitat
Occasionally on rock, often inside apertures of shells , inside holes of rock-boring clams.[1]
Biology
Reproduction
The females brood their young, which can distinguish this species from C. nummaria.[1]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
()
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
()
- Phylum:
Mollusca
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795
- Molluscs
- Class:
Gastropoda
()
- Cuvier, 1795
- Snails and Slugs
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
- Superorder:
Caenogastropoda
()
- Cox, 1960
- Order:
Sorbeoconcha
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
- Suborder:
Hypsogastropoda
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
- Infraorder:
Littorinimorpha
()
- Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975
- Superfamily:
Calyptraeoidea
()
- J.B.P.A. de Lamarck, 1809
- Family:
Calyptraeidae
()
- J.B.P.A. de Lamarck, 1809
- Slipper Snails and Shelf Limpets
- Genus:
Crepidula
()
- Lamarck, 1799
- Specific name:
perforans
- (Valenciennes, 1846)
- Scientific name: - Crepidula perforans (Valenciennes, 1846)
- Specific name:
perforans
- (Valenciennes, 1846)
- Genus:
Crepidula
(
- Family:
Calyptraeidae
(
- Superfamily:
Calyptraeoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Littorinimorpha
(
- Suborder:
Hypsogastropoda
(
- Order:
Sorbeoconcha
(
- Superorder:
Caenogastropoda
(
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
(
- Class:
Gastropoda
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Crepidula williamsi
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
First described: Valenciennes, A. Mollusques., 1846.
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
- Annual report - Western Society of Malacologists. Pomona, Calif., Western Society of Malacologists. url page 29, table 1 .
- Bibliography of North American conchology previous to the year 1860: prepared for the Smithsonian Institution / by W. G. Binney. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1863-1864. url p. 197.
- Otia conchologica: descriptions of shells and mollusks, from 1839 to 1862. By Augustus A. Gould, M.D. Boston, Gould and Lincoln, 1862. url p. 184.
- The Nautilus. Melbourne, Fla., etc., American Malacologists, inc., etc. url p. 89, p. 90.
- The mollusks of western North America. Washington, Smithsonian Institution, 1872. url .
- Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 14 1966 [San Diego]: The Society, 1905-1989. url p. 170, p. 327, p. 333, p. 467.
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 February 02, 2008:
- Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Gwaii Haanas Invertebrates
- Marine Science Institute, UCSB, Paleobiology Database
- University of Alaska Museum of the North, University of Alaska Museum of the North Mollusc Collection
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2684716
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-72631
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13736240
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 72631
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 507578
