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Crepidula fornicata

(Linnaeus, 1758)


Judith Oakley also, quite a few groupings of spawning Onchidoris bilamellata, including these which were stacked high on top of a stack of Crepidula fornicata

Cynthia D. Trowbridge wild!!

Erling Svensen They are quite wild as they spawn out of the water, or? ;-)

Egidio Trainito you do not need to dive there, I see!!

Message posted on NE Atlantic Nudibranchs on 11 Feb 2013
Sarah Sherran Some colonies of Slipper Limpets (Crepidula Fornicata) at Shell Bay Dorset

Message posted on British Marine Life Study Society on 15 Feb 2013
Taxonomy
Animalia (Kingdom)
  Mollusca (Phylum)
    Gastropoda (Class)
      Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
        Littorinimorpha (Order)
          Calyptraeoidea (Superfamily)
            Calyptraeidae (Family)
              Crepidula (Genus)
                Crepidula fornicata (Species)
Associated Species
Onchidoris bilamellata (1)