Crepidula cachimilla

Crepidula cachimilla is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calyptraeidae, the slipper snails or slipper limpets, cup-and-saucer snails, and Chinese hat snails.[3]

Crepidula cachimilla
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Calyptraeoidea
Family:
Calyptraeidae
Genus:
Crepidula
Species:
C. cachimilla
Binomial name
Crepidula cachimilla
Cledon, Simone & Penchaszadeh, 2004[1][2]

Distribution

The species was described based on specimens from southwestern Atlantic Ocean in Golfo San Matías, Argentina (type locality).[1]

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 52.2 mm.[4]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 10 m.[4] Maximum recorded depth is 20 m.[4]

References
  2. Cledon, Simone & Penchaszadeh (2004) . World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 2010-06-02.
  3. Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Crepidula cachimilla Cledon, Simone & Penchaszadeh, 2004". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2019-06-10.
  4. Welch, John J. & Joly, Simon (19 January 2010). "The "Island Rule" and deep-sea gastropods: re-examining the evidence". PLoS ONE. 5 (1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776. PMC 2808249.
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