Gastropods 

Family  Hipponicidae & Calyptraeidae




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                                                                                                                                                                        & Calyptraeidae

Click on photo to enlarge.  Scale line in photo equals 1cm unless otherwise specified.
* Species which are commonly encountered on the beach.






















Calyptraeidae
Calyptraea fastigiata Calyptraea fastigiata
                                                                                                                                 photographed intertidally
Calyptraea fastigiata Gould, 1846
Cup-and-Saucer Snail




Hipponicidae
Antisabia panamensis
Antisabia panamensis (C.B. Adams, 1852)
Flat Hoofsnail












































Crepidula nummaria Crepidula nummaria
                                                                                           photographed intertidally
Crepidula nummaria Gould, 1846
Northern White Slipper-shell

Crepidula fornicata
Crepidula fornicata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Eastern Slipper-shell









Crepidula convexa
Crepidula convexa Say, 1822
Atlantic Convex Slipper-shell


















Crepidula perforans
Crepidula perforans (Valenciennes, 1846)
Western White Slipper-shell















Crepipatella dorsata Crepipatella dorsata
                                                                                                           photographed intertidally
Crepipatella dorsata (Broderip, 1834)
Wrinkled Slipper-shell *




























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This page last revised: 7-30-2011
Garnotia adunca  Garnotia adunca
                                                                                                             photographed intertidally
Garnotia adunca (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825)
Hooked Slipper-shell



Crepidula onyx Crepidula onyx
                                                                                                 photographed intertidally
Crepidula onyx (Sowerby, 1824)
Onyx Slipper-shell




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