Crepidula porcellana Porcelain Slipper Limpet

Crepidula porcellana is commonly referred to as Porcelain Slipper Limpet. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Georgina Jones (CC-BY-SA), Cape Town

Crepidula porcellana, photographers reef Simon's Town, Cape Town, 7975, South Africa 2023 (CC-BY-SA)

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AphiaID:: 138965

Scientific:: Crepidula porcellana
German:: Porzellan-Pantoffelschnecke
English:: Porcelain Slipper Limpet

Category:: Snails

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Calyptraeidae (Family) > Crepidula (Genus) > porcellana (Species)
Initial determination:: Lamarck, 1801

Occurrence:: Angola, European Coasts, Gabon, Morocco, Namibia, Senegal, South-Africa, The Gulf of Guinea
Marine Zone:: Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic.
Sea depth:: Meter
Habitats:: Seawater, Sea water
Size:: 2,5 cm
Temperature:: °F - 77 °F (°C - 25°C)
Food:: Filter feeder
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Crepidula adunca
Haken Pantoffelschnecke
Crepidula aeola
Crepidula aplysioides
Crepidula arenata
Crepidula argentina
Crepidula atrasolea
Crepidula badisparsa
Crepidula cachimilla
Crepidula carioca
Crepidula cerithicola
Crepidula complanata
Crepidula convexa
Crepidula coquimbensis
Crepidula cymbaeformis
Crepidula depressa
Crepidula excavata
Crepidula fimbriata
Crepidula fornicata
Amerikanische Pantoffelschnecke
Crepidula glottidiarum
Crepidula incurva
Crepidula intratesta
Crepidula lessonii
Crepidula maculosa
Crepidula margarita
Crepidula moulinsii
Crepidula naticarum
Crepidula navicella
Crepidula navicula
Crepidula nivea
Crepidula norrisiarum
Crepidula nummaria
Crepidula onyx
Onyx Pantoffelschnecke
Crepidula perforans
Crepidula philippiana
Crepidula plana
Crepidula porcellana
Porzellan-Pantoffelschnecke
Crepidula protea
Crepidula pyguaia
Crepidula rostrata
Crepidula striolata
Crepidula unguiformis
Crepidula ustulatulina
Crepidula williamsi

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2025-03-21 19:58:02
Last edit:: 2025-03-21 20:00:42

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Crepidula porcellana Lamarck, 1801

Crepidula porcellana, the slipper limpet, is a species of a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calyptraeidae, the slipper snails or slipper limpets.

Synonymised names
Crepidula fornicata var. garnot Dautzenberg, 1891 · unaccepted (synonym)
Crepidula sulin Dautzenberg, 1912 · unaccepted (synonym)

External links

biodiversitylibrary.org (en). Abgerufen am 21.03.2025.

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Crepidula porcellana, photographers reef Simon's Town, Cape Town, 7975, South Africa 2023 (CC-BY-SA)

Crepidula porcellana, castle pinnacles Cape Point, Cape Town, South Africa

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