Calyptraea helicoidea

Calyptraea helicoidea 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.[1]

Calyptraea helicoidea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Calyptraeoidea
Family:
Calyptraeidae
Genus:
Calyptraea
Species:
C. helicoidea
Binomial name
Calyptraea helicoidea
(G.B. Sowerby II, 1883)
Synonyms

Trochita helicoidea G.B. Sowerby II, 1883 (original combination)

Description

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Port Elisabeth and East London, South Africa.

References
  1. Calyptraea helicoidea. WoRMS (2009). Calyptraea helicoidea. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225113 on 2010-06-03 .
  • Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.


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