Interesting Facts
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
)
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
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)
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
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)
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
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)
- Phylum:
Mollusca
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)
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795
- Molluscs
- Class:
Gastropoda
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)
- Cuvier, 1795
- Snails and Slugs
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
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)
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
- Superorder:
Caenogastropoda
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)
- Cox, 1960
- Order:
Sorbeoconcha
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)
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
- Suborder:
Hypsogastropoda
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)
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
- Infraorder:
Littorinimorpha
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)
- Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975
- Superfamily:
Calyptraeoidea
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)
- J.B.P.A. de Lamarck, 1809
- Family:
Calyptraeidae
(
)
- J.B.P.A. de Lamarck, 1809
- Slipper Snails and Shelf Limpets
- Genus:
Crepidula
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)
- Lamarck, 1799
- Specific name:
lirata
- Scientific name: - Crepidula lirata
- Specific name:
lirata
- 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
(
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 of the Regents / Albany: J.B. Lyon, State Printer, 1890-1903. url p. 43.
- Annual report on the New York State Museum of Natural History. Albany, Regents of the University of the State of New York. url p. 17.
- Bulletins of American paleontology. 1 1895 Ithaca, N.Y., Paleontological Research Institution [etc.] url p. 13, p. 146, p. 147, p. 17, p. 25, p. 343, p. 388, expl. of plate 16, page 582, p. 614, p. 615, p. 616, p. 7.
- Conchologia iconica, or, Illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals / by Lovell Augustus Reeve. London: Reeve, Brothers, 1843-1878. url p. 133.
- Contributions to geology / by Isaac Lea. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea and Blanchard, 1833. url p. 97.
- Contributions to geology by Isaac Lea. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea and Blanchard, 1833. url p. 97, p. 97.
- Eocene Mollusca from Nigeria, by R. Bullen Newton. .. With an appendix on the Foraminifera from the same deposits, by E. Heron-Allen. .. and A. Earland. .. With a map and 11 plates of fossils. Pub. by authority of the Nigerian gov [London, etc., Waterlow & sons limited], 1922. url p. 59.
- I. Preliminary report on the Tertiary fossils of Alabama and Mississippi. By Truman H. Aldrich, M.E. II. Contributions to the Eocene paleontology of Alabama and Mississippi, by Otto Meyer, PH.D. [Montgomery]Printed for the Geological survey, 1886. url p. 44.
- 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. 129, p. 129, p. 129, p. 433, p. 433.
- North American index fossils, invertebrates / New York: A.G. Seiler, 1909-10. url p. 706, p. 713.
- North American mesozoic and cænozoic geology and palæontology; or, An abridged history of our knowledge of the triassic, jurassic, cretaceous and tertiary formations of this continent. By S.A. Miller. Cincinnati, Printed by J. Barclay, 1881. url p. 155.
- Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia url , p. 257.
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. London: Academic Press, [etc.], 1833-1965. url p. 738, p. 738.
- Productive farming; or, A familiar digest of the recent discoveries of Liebig, Johnston, Davy, and other celebrated writers on vegetable chemistry; showing how the results of tillage might be greatly augmented. By Joseph A. Smith. New York, D. Appleton & Co., 1843. url p. 135.
- Republication of Conrad's Fossil shells of the Tertiary formations of North America / by Gilbert Dennison Harris. Washington, D.C.: R. H. Darby, printer, 1893. url p. 102.
- Smithsonian miscellaneous collections. 10 1873 Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1862-1968. url p. 52.
- The Journal of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History. Cincinnati: The Society, 1878/79 [i.e. 1878 or 1879]-1945. url p. 275.
- The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London. London [etc.] url p. 437.
- The mollusks of western North America embracing the second report made to the British Association on this subject, with other papers, reprinted by permission, with a general index / by Philip P. Carpenter. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1872. url p. 52.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2798982
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4035458
