''Crepidula intratesta'' is a
species
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of
sea snail, a marine
gastropod mollusc in the
family
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Calyptraeidae
The Calyptraeidae are a family of small to medium-sized marine prosobranch gastropods. MolluscaBase. Calyptraeidae Lamarck, 1809. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141 ...
, the slipper snails or slipper limpets, cup-and-saucer snails, and Chinese hat snails.
Description
The maximum recorded
shell
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Architecture and design
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** Concrete shell, a thin shell of concrete, usually with no interior columns or exterior buttresses
** Thin-shell structure
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length is 40 mm.
[Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". '' PLoS ONE'' 5(1): e8776. .]
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 16 m.
Maximum recorded depth is 47 m.
References
External links
Calyptraeidae
Gastropods described in 2006
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