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  • Crepidula plana


    Images:

    sixgill pete

    Taxonomy

    Slipper Shell

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Mollusca
    Class: Gastropoda
    Order: (clade) Caenogastropoda
    Family: Calyptraeoidea
    Genus: Crepidula
    Species: Crepidula plana
    Author Citation Say, 1822

    Geological Time Scale

    Eon: Phanerozoic
    Era: Cenozoic
    Period: Quaternary
    Sub Period: None
    Epoch: Pleistocene
    International Age: Gelasian

    Stratigraphy

    Waccamaw Formation

    Provenance

    Collector: Don Rideout
    Date Collected: 09/16/2017
    Acquired by: Field Collection

    Dimensions

    Length: 22.7 mm
    Width: 14.9 mm
    Thickness: 4.1 mm

    Location

    Private Sand Pit
    Columbus County
    North Carolina
    United States

    Comments

    Colected at a private sand pit in Columbus County N.C. A beautiful little example of this tough to find species. Very fragile.




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