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Crepidula aculeata

Bostrycapulus aculeatus
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Calyptraeoidea
Family: Calyptraeidae
Genus: Bostrycapulus
Species: B. aculeatus
Binomial name
Bostrycapulus aculeatus
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms
  • Crepidula aculeata (Gmelin, 1791)

Bostrycapulus aculeatus 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 hat snails.

This species occurs in Florida and the Bahamas.

The maximum recorded shell length is 30 mm.

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m. Maximum recorded depth is 80 m.



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