Calyptraea chinensis

Calyptraea chinensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Calyptraeidae
Genus: Calyptraea
Species:
C. chinensis
Binomial name
Calyptraea chinensis
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[1]

Calyptraea sinensis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Calyptraea chinensis, common name the Chinese hat snail or Chinese hat shell, is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calyptraeidae, the slipper snails or slipper limpets, cup-and-saucer snails, and Chinese hat snails.[1][2]

  1. ^ a b Calyptraea chinensis (Linnaeus, 1758). Gofas, S. (2009). Calyptraea chinensis (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&i on 2010-06-03 .
  2. ^ Collins pocket guide, Sea Shore of Britain and Europe, HarperCollinsPublishers, London, 1996, ISBN 0-00-219955-6