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Family: Calyptraeidae slipper shells



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Coltro, Marcus

Circumglobal and the Medi

Bostrycapulus aculeata(Gmelin, 1791)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Bostrycapulus aculeata
[Spiny slippersnail]
No picture found

Max. Length 3 cm DL
 
Bostrycapulus aculeatus
[]
No picture found
 
Bostrycapulus calyptraeformis
[]
No picture found
 
Bostrycapulus decorus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3 cm DL
 
Bostrycapulus odites
[]
No picture found
 
Bostrycapulus tegulicia
[]
No picture found
 
Calyptraea burchi
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.5 cm DL
 
Calyptraea centralis
[Circular Chinese-hat]

Fenwick, David

Eastern Atlantic, Mediter

Calyptraea chinensisLinnaeus, 1758

Photo by Fenwick, David
 
Calyptraea chinensis
[Chinese cup-and-saucer]
No picture found
 
Calyptraea contorta
[]
No picture found
 
Calyptraea edgariana
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Pacific

Calyptraea extinctoriumLamarck, 1822

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Calyptraea extinctorium
[Asian cup-and-saucer]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.5 cm NG
 
Calyptraea fastigiata
[Pacific Chinese-hat]
No picture found
 
Calyptraea pellucida
[]
No picture found
 
Calyptraea trochiformis
[]
No picture found
 
Crepidula acuta
[]
No picture found
 
Crepidula adunca
[Hooked slipper limpet]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.8 cm DL
 
Crepidula aeola
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.1 cm DL
 
Crepidula aplysioides
[]
No picture found
 
Crepidula arenata
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.9 cm DL
 
Crepidula argentina
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.6 cm DL
 
Crepidula atrasolea
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.3 cm DL
 
Crepidula badisparsa
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.7 cm DL
 
Crepidula barbudaensis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 5.2 cm DL
 
Crepidula cachimilla
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.4 cm DL
 
Crepidula carioca
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2 cm DL
 
Crepidula convexa
[Convex slippersnail]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.5 cm DL
 
Crepidula cruzana
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.5 cm DL
 
Crepidula cymbaeformis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2 cm DL
 
Crepidula depressa
[]
No picture found
 
Crepidula excavata
[]

Harvey-Clark, Chris

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 5 cm DL
Crepidula fornicata(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Harvey-Clark, Chris
 
Crepidula fornicata
[Slipper limpet]
No picture found
 
Crepidula gibbosa
[]
No picture found
 
Crepidula glottidiarum
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Eastern Central Atlantic.

Crepidula goreensis(Gmelin, 1791)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Crepidula goreensis
[Goree slippers shell]
No picture found
 
Crepidula huertae
[]
No picture found
 
Crepidula incurva
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 4 cm DL
 
Crepidula intratesta
[]
No picture found
 
Crepidula lessonii
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.5 cm DL
 
Crepidula maculosa
[Spotted slippersnail]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.8 cm DL
 
Crepidula margarita
[]
No picture found
 
Crepidula moulinsii
[]
No picture found
 
Crepidula naticarum
[Cheeky slippersnail]
No picture found

Max. Length 1 cm DL
 
Crepidula navicula
[]
No picture found
 
Crepidula norrisiarum
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 4 cm NG
 
Crepidula nummaria
[Western white slippersnail]
No picture found
 
Crepidula onyx
[Onyx slippersnail]
No picture found
 
Crepidula patula
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.8 cm NG
 
Crepidula perforans
[White slippersnail]
No picture found

Max. Length 4 cm DL
 
Crepidula plana
[Eastern white slippersnail]
No picture found
 
Crepidula porcellana
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.4 cm DL
 
Crepidula protea
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2 cm DL
 
Crepidula pyguaia
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.5 cm DL
 
Crepidula riisei
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.2 cm DL
 
Crepidula squamosa
[]
No picture found
 
Crepidula striolata
[Ridged slippersnail]
No picture found
 
Crepidula uncata
[]
No picture found
 
Crepidula unguiformis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.3 cm DL
 
Crepidula ustulatulina
[]
No picture found
 
Crepidula walshi
[Walsh's slippery shell]
No picture found
 
Crepidula wolfae
[]
No picture found
 
Crepipatella charybdis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 6 cm DL
 
Crepipatella dilatata
[Slippersnail]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.5 cm SHL
 
Crepipatella dorsata
[Pacific half-slippersnail]
No picture found
 
Crepipatella lingulata
[]
No picture found
 
Crepipatella orbiculata
[Round slippersnail]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.9 cm DL
 
Crucibulum auricula
[West Indian cup-and-saucer]
No picture found
 
Crucibulum concameratum
[]
No picture found
 
Crucibulum cyclopium
[]
No picture found
 
Crucibulum lignarium
[]
No picture found
 
Crucibulum monticulus
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Eastern Pacific.

Crucibulum personatumKeen, 1958

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Crucibulum personatum
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 4 cm DL
 
Crucibulum planum
[]
No picture found
 
Crucibulum quirinquinae
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Atlantic and East
Max. Length 3.5 cm DL
Crucibulum scutellatum(Wood, 1828)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Crucibulum scutellatum
[]
No picture found
 
Crucibulum serratum
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Circumglobal in warm seas

Crucibulum spinosum(Sowerby I, 1824)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Crucibulum spinosum
[Spiny cup-and-saucer]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.8 cm DL
 
Crucibulum springvaleense
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.4 cm DL
 
Crucibulum striatum
[Striate cup-and-saucer]
No picture found
 
Crucibulum subactum
[]
No picture found
 
Crucibulum umbrella
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.1 cm DL
 
Crucibulum waltonense
[]
No picture found
 
Grandicrepidula grandis
[Great slippersnail]
No picture found

Max. Length 0.5 cm DL
 
Infundibulum depressum
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3 cm DL
 
Trochita pileolus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.3 cm DL
 
Trochita pileus
[]
No picture found
 
Trochita trochiformis
[]


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