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Spiny Cup-and-Saucer

Crucibulum spinosum

912 observations in the source records

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What the records say

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 55, February 47, March 49, April 61, May 59, June 44, July 37, August 38, September 48, October 49, November 63, December 49.
United States1,008
California600
Mexico84
Hawaii63
Baja California Sur30
North Carolina18
Sinaloa17
Arizona16
Baja California12
South Carolina11

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Traits

Physical

  • Shell-bearingProtected by a hard shellFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumMolluscs · Mollusca
ClassGastropods · Gastropoda
OrderLittorinimorpha
FamilySlippersnails · Calyptraeidae
GenusCup-and-Saucer Limpets · Crucibulum

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