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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number COLNH:2019.1098 Institution name Colchester Collections Object name Gastropoda, American slipper limpet Description Ten American slipper limpet shells, Crepidula fornicata. One has a broken shell and one has a slipper limpet fused to its top.Slipper limpets are named because of their shape, the mouth of this sea snail has a flat 'shelf' that make it look like a slipper. They grow in stacks, with one slipper limpets attaching to the next. Their shells wash up regularly on beaches in England and Wales. Scientific name (Common Name) Crepidula fornicata (Gastropod) Location In Store Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

COLNH:2019.1098
Institution name

Colchester Collections
Object name

Gastropoda, American slipper limpet
Description

Ten American slipper limpet shells, Crepidula fornicata. One has a broken shell and one has a slipper limpet fused to its top.Slipper limpets are named because of their shape, the mouth of this sea snail has a flat 'shelf' that make it look like a slipper. They grow in stacks, with one slipper limpets attaching to the next. Their shells wash up regularly on beaches in England and Wales.
Scientific name (Common Name)

Crepidula fornicata (Gastropod)
Location

In Store

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