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    Species Accepted

    Crepidula fornicata (Linnaeus, 1758)

    American slipper limpet

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Recorded as introduced in 6 countries or islands

      6 results
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      United KingdomYes
      GreeceNo
      Netherlands (Kingdom of the)No
      Netherlands (Kingdom of the)No
      Netherlands (Kingdom of the)No
      Netherlands (Kingdom of the)No

      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      31 results
      American slipper limpet English
      American slipper-limpet English
      Amerikaans muiltje Dutch
      Amerikanische Pantoffelschnecke German
      Atlantic Slipper Shell English
      Boat Shell English
      Common Slipper Limpet English
      Common Slipper Shell English
      Common Slipper Snail English
      Esclop Catalan–Valencian

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      35 results
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      Leewis, R. (2002). Flora en fauna van de zee [Marine flora and fauna]. Veldgids, 16. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-153-X. 320 pp. https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=1116
      Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK., 627 pp. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001 10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001
      Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France, 307 pp. https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=9269
      Lindner, G. (1999). Schelpengids: schelpen uit de wereldzeeën, vorm, voorkomen, systematiek [The shell guide: shells from the world oceans, shape, distribution and systematics]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-409-3. 320 pp. https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=686
      Thieltges, D. W., & Buschbaum, C. (2007). Mechanism of an epibiont burden: Crepidula fornicata increases byssus thread production by Mytilus edulis. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 73. https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyl033 10.1093/mollus/eyl033
      Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogry and Marine Biology: An Annual Review, 43: 419–453. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781420037449.ch8 10.1201/9781420037449.ch8
      Gofas, S., Le Renard, J., & Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels, 50: 180–213. https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=1364
      Rawlings, T. A., Aker, J. M., & Brunel, P. (2011). Clarifying the Northern Distributional Limits of the Slipper Limpet Crepidula fornicata in the Northwestern Atlantic. American Malacological Bulletin, 29. https://doi.org/10.4003/006.029.0202 10.4003/006.029.0202
      Conrad, T. A. (1843). Descriptions of a new genus, and of twenty-nine new Miocene, and one Eocene fossil shells of the United States. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1. https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=225532

      Citation

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