''Crucibulum spinosum'',

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the spiny cup-and-saucer snail, is a

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of sea snail, a

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gastropod

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in the family

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 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

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. It has been introduced and established in

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. 2008. Crucibulum spinosum. USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL. Revision Date: 17 November 2004.

References

* 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

* http://www2.bishopmuseum.org/HBS/invertguide/species/crucibulum_spinosum.htm Calyptraeidae Gastropods described in 1824 Taxa named by George Brettingham Sowerby I {{Calyptraeidae-stub