Crepidula plana, common name

Common name

A common name of a taxon or organism is a name in general use within a community; it is often contrasted with the scientific name for the same organism...

 the eastern white slippersnail, is a species

Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...

 of sea snail

Sea snail

Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....

, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family

Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 Calyptraeidae

Calyptraeidae

Calyptraeidae, common name 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...

, the slipper snails or slipper limpets, cup-and-saucer snails, and Chinese hat snails.

Distribution

The distribution of Crepidula plana ranges from 48°N to 38°S; 97.75°W to 34.9°W. The distribution includes:

• Canada: Nova Scotia, New Brunswick
• USA: Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, East Florida, West Florida, Louisiana, Flower Garden Banks (East & West), Texas
• Mexico: Tamaulipas, Tabasco, Veracruz, Campeche State, Cayo Arcas, Campeche, Yucatan State, Campeche Bank, Alacran Reef, Quintana Roo
• Costa Rica
• Panama
• Colombia
• Venezuela: Gulf of Venezuela, Sucre, Isla Margarita
• Bermuda
• Jamaica
• Virgin Islands: St. Croix
• St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Grenada
• Surinam
• Brazil: Amapa, Ceara, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo

Description

The length of the shell is 15 to 35 mm. The maximum recorded shell

Gastropod shell

The gastropod shell is a shell which is part of the body of a gastropod or snail, one kind of mollusc. The gastropod shell is an external skeleton or exoskeleton, which serves not only for muscle attachment, but also for protection from predators and from mechanical damage...

length is 43 mm.