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Crepidula plana

(Eastern White Slippersnail)

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Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Eastern White Slippersnail

Description

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Habitat

Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 107 meters (350 feet).[1]

Biome: Coastal.

Taxonomy

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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

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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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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:

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Footnotes

  1. Standard Deviation = 724.290 based on 653 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
Last Revised: 7/20/2012