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Crepidula fornicata (Linnaeus, 1758) - common Atlantic slipper snail in Florida, USA (December 2013).

The gastropods (snails & slugs) are a group of molluscs that occupy marine, freshwater, and terrestrial environments. Most gastropods have a calcareous external shell (the snails). Some lack a shell completely, or have reduced internal shells (the slugs & sea slugs & pteropods). Most members of the Gastropoda are marine. Most marine snails are herbivores (algae grazers) or predators/carnivores.

Shown above is a common Atlantic slipper snail that is attached to a fighting conch, Strombus alatus. Slipper snails are unusual gastropods in that they lack a conical, strongly coiled shell.

Classification: Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Calyptraeidae

Locality: marine beach near the southern end of the western shoreline of Cayo Costa Island, Gulf of Mexico coast of southwestern Florida, USA (vicinity of 26° 36' 51.30" North latitude, 82° 13' 24.39" West longitude)

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_slipper_shell
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