Biology:Crucibulum spinosum
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Short description: Species of gastropod
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| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Superfamily: | Calyptraeoidea
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| Species: | C. spinosum
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| Crucibulum spinosum (Sowerby, 1824)
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Crucibulum spinosum, common name the spiny cup-and-saucer snail, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calyptraeidae, the slipper snails and cup-and-saucer snails.
Description
The shell has a width of 44.6 mm.
Distribution
This species is native to the west coast of the Americas, from California to Chile . It has been introduced and established in Hawaii.[1]
References
- ↑ United States Geological Survey. 2008. Crucibulum spinosum. USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL. <https://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.asp?speciesID=994 > Revision Date: 17 November 2004.
- Lesson R.P. , 1831 Histoire naturelle des Mollusque, Annélides et Vers recueillis dans Voyage autour du monde exécuté par ordre du roi sur la corvette de S.M. La Coquille pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824, et 1825, sér. Zoologie, vol. 2(1), p. 471 p., 16 pls
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q3171762 entry
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