Crepidula fornicata, 21-370


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Description

One saltwater marine slipper limpet. The shell is light tan in color. The dorsal side has incised sporadic wrinkles with small holes. The ventral portion is the same colo but has no shell decorations. The aperture is ""D"" shaped. On the ventral portion in brown colored ink is ""Crepidula fornicata.""


Subject

  • Invertebrates
  • Mollusks


Details

Date
1810
Creator
Gibbes, Lewis Reeves, 1810-1894
Contributor
Mazyck, William Gaillard, 1846-1942
People
  • Gibbes, Lewis Reeves, 1810-1894
  • Mazyck, William Gaillard, 1846-1942
Publisher
University of South Carolina. McKissick Museum.
Coverage
Atlantic Coast
Relations
Historic Southern Naturalists