Crepidula fornicata

Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Calyptraeidae
Genus: Crepidula
Species: Crepidula fornicata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common Name: Common slipper shell

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Geological Range

Early Miocene to Late Pleistocene; Recent.

Paleogeographic Distribution

Southern Florida to Virginia.

Remarks

For information on the modern distribution of the species, see Malacolog and WoRMS.

This species has multiple common names, including boat shell, common Atlantic slipper snail, quarterdeck shell, fornicating slipper snail, common slipper limpet, and Atlantic slipper limpet.

Stratigraphic Occurrences

Late Pleistocene: Anastasia Formation (S. FL, N. FL); Coffee Mill Hammock Formation (S. FL); Fort Thompson Formation (S. FL); Fort Thompson Formation? (S. FL); Neuse Formation (NC); Pamlico Formation (S. FL); Pamlico Formation (S. FL, N. FL); Pamlico Formation (SC)
Middle Pleistocene: Bermont Formation (S. FL); Bermont Formation? (S. FL); Canepatch Formation (SC)
Early Pleistocene: Bear Bluff Formation (SC); Caloosahatchee Formation (S. FL); Chowan River Formation (VA); James City Formation (NC); Nashua Formation (N. FL); Waccamaw Formation (SC, NC)
Late Pliocene: Duplin Formation (SC, NC); Duplin / Raysor formations (GA); Jackson Bluff Formation (N. FL); Raysor Formation (GA, SC, NC); Tamiami Formation (S. FL); Tamiami Formation (Pinecrest Beds) (S. FL); Yorktown Formation (NC, VA); Yorktown Formation (Moore House Member) (VA)
Early Pliocene: Goose Creek Limestone (GA)
Middle Miocene: Shoal River Formation (N. FL); St. Marys Formation (VA) (Age not resolved beyond "Miocene")
Early Miocene: Chipola Formation (N. FL); Oak Grove Sand (N. FL)