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Crepidula fornicata (common Atlantic slippersnail; Slipper limpet)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The common slipper shell, Crepidula fornicata, has many other common names, including common Atlantic slippersnail, boat shell, quarterdeck shell, fornicating slipper snail, Atlantic Slipper Limpet and it is known in Britain as the "common slipper limpet". This is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Calyptraeidae, the slipper snails and cup and saucer snails.
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Invasive Species

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Ecosystems

Predators

Anas discors (Blue-winged Teal)[1]
Dyspanopeus texanus (Gulf grassflat crab)[1]
Gadus morhua (rock cod)[2]
Gobiosoma robustum (Code goby)[1]
Microgobius gulosus (Clown goby)[1]

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Citations

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♦ 1Cirtwill, Alyssa R.; Eklöf, Anna (2018), Data from: Feeding environment and other traits shape species' roles in marine food webs, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.1mv20r6
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0