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  • One of our west coast slipper shells, which is always found fastened to the top of a larger snail, is called Crepidula fornicata.

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XI No 1 1984

  • Presumably the larger Crepidula on the bottom was a female, while the one on top a male.

    Crepidula AYDIN 2008

  • Presumably the larger Crepidula on the bottom was a female, while the one on top a male.

    Archive 2008-03-01 AYDIN 2008

  • Kinks, LolaThe picture above shows the intertidal snail Ilyanassa obsoleta from Chincoteague with a couple of Crepidula on its back.

    Archive 2008-03-01 AYDIN 2008

  • The marine snails with limpet-like shells in the genera Crepidula, Crucibulum and Calyptraea make up the family Calpytraeidae.

    Crepidula AYDIN 2008

  • Kinks, LolaThe picture above shows the intertidal snail Ilyanassa obsoleta from Chincoteague with a couple of Crepidula on its back.

    Crepidula AYDIN 2008

  • The marine snails with limpet-like shells in the genera Crepidula, Crucibulum and Calyptraea make up the family Calpytraeidae.

    Archive 2008-03-01 AYDIN 2008

  • The drawing below is a simplified rendition of the sex life of Crepidula.

    Crepidula AYDIN 2008

  • SNAIL'S TALES: Crepidula: gender bending gastropods skip to main

    Crepidula AYDIN 2008

  • The drawing below is a simplified rendition of the sex life of Crepidula.

    Archive 2008-03-01 AYDIN 2008

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