Crepidula cachimilla

Crepidula cachimilla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Calyptraeidae
Genus: Crepidula
Species:
C. cachimilla
Binomial name
Crepidula cachimilla
Cledon, Simone & Penchaszadeh, 2004[1][2]

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]

Distribution

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

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 52.2 mm.[4] The species is morphologically distinct from other species of Crepidula.[5] These anatomical differences include a projecting apex and the absence of a periostracum.[5] It also has a thicker columellar muscle than other mature Atlantic species of Crepidula.[5]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 10 m.[4] Maximum recorded depth is 20 m.[4] It attaches to hard substrata.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c Cledón, M.; Simone, L.R.L. & Penchaszadeh, P.E. (2004). "Crepidula cachimilla (Mollusca: Gastropoda), a new species from Patagonia, Argentina". Malacologia. 46: 185–202.
  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. ^ a b c Welch, John J. & Joly, Simon (19 January 2010). "The "Island Rule" and deep-sea gastropods: re-examining the evidence". PLOS ONE. 5 (1): e8776. Bibcode:2010PLoSO...5.8776W. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776. PMC 2808249. PMID 20098740.
  5. ^ a b c d Cledón, M.; Simone, L. R. L.; Penchaszadeh, P. E. (2004). "Crepidula cachimilla (Mollusca: Gastropoda), a new species from Patagonia, Argentina". Malacologia. 46 (1): 185–202.


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