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''Grandicrepidula'' is a
genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
sea snail Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s, marine
gastropod Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000  extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...
s in the
family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...
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 on ...
, the slipper snails or slipper limpets, cup-and-saucer snails, and Chinese hat snails.


Species

Species within the genus ''Grandicrepidula'' include: * '' Grandicrepidula collinae'' Marshall, 2003 * ''
Grandicrepidula grandis ''Grandicrepidula grandis'', common name : the giant slipper limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calyptraeidae, the slipper snails or slipper limpets, cup-and-saucer snails, and Chinese hat snails. Descri ...
'' (Middendorff, 1849)


References

* Marshall B.A. 2003. ''A review of the Recent and Late Cenozoic Calyptraeidae of New Zealand (Mollusca: Gastropoda).'' The Veliger 46(2): 117-144 Calyptraeidae Gastropod genera {{Calyptraeidae-stub