Say, 1822
Crepidula plana
Eastern White Slipper Snail
Phylum:
Mollusca
Taxonomy
Class:
Gastropoda
Order:
Littorinimorpha
Family:
Calyptraeidae
ANSP 410529
Shell Information
Length (mm): 30-43
Chirality:
Dextral
Description:
This shell is a very flat shell that can sometimes be concave depending on the surface that the shell grew on. The internal platform typically takes up a little less than half the length of the shell. It is usually a white shell.
Ecological Information
Distribution:
Nova Scotia to Florida
Depth (m):
0 to 0 meters
Diet:
Suspension feeder
Habitat:
Shallow water; often associated with hermit crabs and horse shoe crabs
Works Cited
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Crepidula plana Say, 1822. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160230 on 2021-06-10
Morris, P. A. (1987). A field guide to shells: Atlantic and Gulf coasts and the West Indies (3rd ed.). Houghton Mifflin.
Rosenberg, G. 2009. Malacolog 4.1.1: A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca. [WWW database (version 4.1.1)] URL http://www.malacolog.org/