Crepidula unguiformis

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Interesting Facts

Common Names

Taxonomy

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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• A biological survey of the waters of Woods Hole and vicinity / By Francis B. Sumner, Raymond C. Osburn, and Leon J. Cole. Washington: Govt. Print. Off., 1913 url p. 723, p. 841.
• A history of British Mollusca and their shells / by Edward Forbes and Sylvanus Hanley. London: John Van Voorst, 1853. url p. 466, p. 466.
• A manual of conchology, according to the system laid down by Lamarck, with the late improvements by De Blainville exemplified and arranged for the use of students. By Thomas Wyatt. New York, Harper & brothers, 1838. url p. 101.
• A manual of the Mollusca: a treatise on recent and fossil shells / by Dr. S. P. Woodward; with an appendix of recent and fossil conchological discoveries to the present time, by Ralph Tate; illustrated by A. N. Waterhouse and Joseph Wilson Lowry. London: Virtue & Co., 1868. url p. 80.
• A manual of the Mollusca: or, A rudimentary treatise of recent and fossil shells / by S. P. Woodward; illustrated by A. N. Waterhouse and Joseph Wilson Lowry. London, J. Weale, 1851-56. url p. 375.
• Agriculture of Maine: . .. annual report of the Commissioner of Agriculture of the State of Maine. Augusta: [State of Maine, Dept. of Agriculture, 1903-1940.] url p. 237.
• American journal of conchology. Philadelphia, G.W. Tryon, jr., 1865-72. url p. 192, p. 220, p. 220.
• American marine conchology: or, Descriptions of the shells of the Atlantic coast of the United States from Maine to Florida / by George W. Tryon, Jr. Philadelphia: The author, [1873] url p. 94.
• Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York. New-York: 1824-1876. url p. 150, p. 152, p. 159, p. 194, p. 233, p. 454, p. 455, p. 456.
• Annual report of the regents of the university of the state of New York on the condition of the State Cabinet of Natural History and the historical and antiquarian collection annexed thereto. Albany, Regents of the University of the State of New York. url p. 32.
• Annual report on the New York State Museum of Natural History. Albany, Regents of the University of the State of New York. url p. 36.
• Beautiful shells of New Zealand: an illustrated work for amateur collectors of New Zealand marine shells, with directions for collecting and cleaning them / by E.G.B. Moss; photographs by C. Spencer. Auckland: Collins Bros., 1908. url , p. 42.
• 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. 166, p. 215, p. 338, p. 86.
• Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 285, p. 285, p. 61, p. 61.
• Bulletins of American paleontology. 3 1902 Ithaca, N.Y., Paleontological Research Institution [etc.] url p. 84.
• Catalogue of Tertiary Mollusca in the Department of Geology, British Museum (Natural History). Part 1. The Australasian Tertiary Mollusca. London:British Museum, 1897. url p. 248.
• Catalogue of marine shells in Lorenzo G. Yates' collection, Santa Barbara, Cal. Santa Barbara, Cal., 1886. url p. 9.
• Catalogue of shells collected at Panama: with notes on their synonymy, station, and geographical distribution / New York: R. Craighead, 1852. url , , .
• Catalogue of the Doane collection of shells, presented by Mrs. Rose Delano to the Marion natural history society. s.n., The Wareham press, 19--? url p. 37.
• Catalogue of the collection of Mazatlan shells in the British Museum, collected by Frederick Reigen / described by Philip P. Carpenter. London: Printed by order of the Trustees, 1857. url p. 272, p. 284.
• Check list of the Mollusca of New York / Elizabeth J. Letson. Albany: New York State Education Dept., 1905. url p. 10.
• Check lists of the shells of North America Prepared for the Smithsonian institution, by Isaac Lea, P. P. Carpenter, Wm. Stimpson, W. G. Binney, and Temple Prime Washington, Smithsonian institution1860 url p. 4, p. 7.
• Conchologia systematica, or Complete system of conchology: in which the Lepades and conchiferous Mollusca are described and classified according to their natural organization and habits. By Lovell Reeve. .. In two volumes. London, Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans;1841-1842. url p. 29.
• Contributions to Canadian biology. Toronto, Biological Board of Canada. url p. 268.
• Geography and geology of the region including Cape Cod, the Elizabeth islands, Nantucket, Marthas Vineyard, No Mans Land and Block island / by J. B. Woodworth and Edward Wigglesworth. 52 1934 Cambridge, Mass.: Printed for the Museum, 1934. url p. 43.
• Geological magazine. London [etc.]Cambridge University Press. url p. 210.
• Guide to the systematic distribution of Mollusca in the British museum. London, Printed by order of the trustees, 1857. url , , .
• Journal of conchology. London: D. Bogue. url p. 68.
• Journal of morphology. Boston: Ginn & Co., [1887-1924] url p. 9.
• List of marine Mollusca comprising the Quaternary fossils and recent forms from American localities between Cape Hatteras and Cape Roque, including the Bermudas / by William Healey Dall. Washington: Govt. Print. Off., 1885. url p. 93.
• Manual of conchology, structural and systematic: with illustrations of the species / by George W. Tryon, Jr. Philadelphia: Published by the Author, Academy of Natural Sciences, 1879-1898. url p. 123, p. 124, p. 124, p. 124, p. 128, p. 128, p. 151, p. 151, p. 152, p. 152, p. 152, p. 185, p. 433.
• Manual of the New Zealand mollusca / with an atlas of quarto plates. Wellington, N. Z.: J. Mackay, govt. printer, 1913-1915. url p. 286, p. 287.
• Memoirs of the National Museum, Melbourne. Melbourne: The Museum, [1908-1944] url p. 18.
• Molluscan world, San Diego, Calif., 1915. url , p. 95.
• Natural history of New York. Albany: D. Appleton: 1842-1894. url p. 158.
• New York State Museum bulletin. 1905 Albany, N.Y.: University of the State of New York, 1916-1944. url p. 10.
• Notes on Radiata in the museum of Yale College. New Haven, Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor1871 url p. 339, p. 600.
• Proceedings and transactions of the Nova Scotian Institute of Natural Science. Halifax: Nova Scotian Institute of Natural Science. url p. 424.
• Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia url p. 12, p. 141, p. 174, p. 174, p. 175, p. 175.
• Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 537.
• Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. Boston [etc.]Boston Society of Natural History. url p. 62.
• Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. Sydney, Linnean Society of New South Wales. url p. 938, p. 938.
• Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. Melbourne: The Society, 1889- url p. 153, p. 193, p. 200, p. 22, p. 65.
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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 November 27, 2007:

• Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database
• Marine Science Institute, UCSB, Paleobiology Database

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1911915
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16072718
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 619215

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