Crepidula [SEP] parent taxon
Crepidula
Crepidula, commonly known as the slipper snails, slipper limpets, or slipper shells, is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Calyptraeidae. This family includes the slipper snails ("Crepidula"), hat snails ("Calyptraea"), spiny slipper snails ("Bostrycapulus"), and cup-and-saucer snails ("Crucibulum") as well as "Crepipatella", "Siphopatella", "Grandicrepidula", and "Maoricrypta".
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defined. Unlike "Crepidula fornicata" (the American slipper limpet), this species does not form stacks. The males and females only come together for copulation. The species does not have a pelagic larval phase. The veliger stage is passed in capsules fixed to the substrate, and guarded under the shell of the parent. The young hatch as crawling post-veliger larvæ.
Distribution.
"Calyptraea chinensis" occurs in North-West Africa, in the Mediterranean, the North Sea, the Black Sea and the