Slippersnails and Allies
Calyptraeidae
The Calyptraeidae, the slipper snails or slipper limpets, cup-and-saucer snails, and Chinese hat snails, are a family of small to medium-sized marine prosobranch gastropods. This family includes the slipper snails (Crepidula species), the Chinese hat snails, (Calyptraea species), and the cup-and-saucer snails (Crucibulum species) among others.
11 branches of this family, most-observed first
Typical Slippersnails
genusCrepidula
Cup-and-Saucer Limpets
genusCrucibulum
Half-slipper Snails
genusCrepipatella
Spiny Slippersnails
genusBostrycapulus
Shelf Limpets
genusSigapatella
Chinese Hat Snails
genusCalyptraea
Maoricrypta
genusMaoricrypta
Trochita
genusTrochita
Desmaulus
genusDesmaulus
White Slipper Limpets
genusErgaea
Giant Slipper Limpets
genusGrandicrepidula
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Calyptraeidae in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 81643.