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''Grandicrepidula'' is a
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sea snail Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
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Calyptraeidae, the slipper snails or slipper limpets, cup-and-saucer snails, and Chinese hat snails.


Species

Species within the genus ''Grandicrepidula'' include: * ''
Grandicrepidula collinae ''Grandicrepidula collinae'' 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 Chinese hat snails. Description Distribution This species is d ...
'' Marshall, 2003 * ''
Grandicrepidula grandis ''Grandicrepidula grandis'', common name : the giant slipper limpet, 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 Chinese hat snails. De ...
'' (Middendorff, 1849)


References

* Marshall B.A. 2003. ''A review of the Recent and Late Cenozoic Calyptraeidae of New Zealand (Mollusca: Gastropoda).'' The Veliger 46(2): 117-144 Calyptraeidae Monotypic gastropod genera {{Calyptraeidae-stub