Crepidula adunca Hooked Slipper Snail

Crepidula adunca is commonly referred to as Hooked Slipper Snail. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Douglas Mason, USA

Crepidula adunca two on black turban snail surrounded by Tetraclita barnacles (Asilomar) 2017

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lexID:: 15017
AphiaID:: 572177

Scientific:: Crepidula adunca
German:: Haken Pantoffelschnecke
English:: Hooked Slipper Snail

Category:: Slakken

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Calyptraeidae (Family) > Crepidula (Genus) > adunca (Species)
Initial determination:: G. B. Sowerby I, 1825

Occurrence:: Canada Eastern Pacific, Gulf of California, Mexico (East Pacific), North Pacific (Ocean), USA
Marine Zone:: Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic.
Sea depth:: - 30 Meter
Habitats:: Epibiont (living on other organisms), Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Seawater, Sea water
Size:: 2,5 cm
Temperature:: 9,3 °F - 18,2 °F (9,3°C - 18,2°C)
Food:: Detritus, Filter feeder, Plankton
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Crepidula adunca
Haken Pantoffelschnecke
Crepidula aeola
Crepidula aplysioides
Crepidula arenata
Crepidula argentina
Crepidula atrasolea
Crepidula badisparsa
Crepidula cachimilla
Crepidula carioca
Crepidula cerithicola
Crepidula complanata
Crepidula convexa
Crepidula coquimbensis
Crepidula cymbaeformis
Crepidula depressa
Crepidula excavata
Crepidula fimbriata
Crepidula fornicata
Amerikanische Pantoffelschnecke
Crepidula glottidiarum
Crepidula incurva
Crepidula intratesta
Crepidula lessonii
Crepidula maculosa
Crepidula margarita
Crepidula moulinsii
Crepidula naticarum
Crepidula navicella
Crepidula navicula
Crepidula nivea
Crepidula norrisiarum
Crepidula nummaria
Crepidula onyx
Onyx Pantoffelschnecke
Crepidula perforans
Crepidula philippiana
Crepidula plana
Crepidula porcellana
Porzellan-Pantoffelschnecke
Crepidula protea
Crepidula pyguaia
Crepidula rostrata
Crepidula striolata
Crepidula unguiformis
Crepidula ustulatulina
Crepidula williamsi

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2022-07-23 16:10:21
Last edit:: 2024-06-26 13:04:29

Info

Crepidula adunca G. B. Sowerby I, 1825

The Calyptraeidae are a family of small to medium-sized marine prosobranch gastropods. This family includes the slipper snails.

This slipper snail is a filter feeder.

Synonymised names
Crepidula rostriformis A. Gould, 1846 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Crepidula solida Hinds, 1845 · unaccepted
Crepidula uncata Menke, 1847 · unaccepted
Crypta rostralis Conrad, 1865 † · unaccepted
Garnotia solida (Hinds, 1844) · unaccepted

External links

sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 23.07.2022.
Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 23.07.2022.

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Tegula funebralis (large shell) with 3 Crepidula adunca (smaller, curved at the top snails) living epibiotically 2024

Crepidula adunca two on black turban snail surrounded by Tetraclita barnacles (Asilomar) 2017

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