Crucibulum spinosum, common name the spiny cup-and-saucer snail, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calyptraeidae, the slipper snails and cup-and-saucer snails.
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Description edit
The shell has a width of 44.6 mm.
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Distribution edit
This species is native to the west coast of the Americas, from California to Chile. It has been introduced and established in Hawaii.[1]
References edit
- ^ United States Geological Survey. 2008. Crucibulum spinosum. USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL. <https://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.asp?speciesID=994 Archived 11 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine> Revision Date: 17 November 2004.
- Lesson R.P. , 1831 Histoire naturelle des Mollusque, Annélides et Vers recueillis dans Voyage autour du monde exécuté par ordre du roi sur la corvette de S.M. La Coquille pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824, et 1825, sér. Zoologie, vol. 2(1), p. 471 p., 16 pls
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