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'''''Crucibulum spinosum''''', [[common name]] the '''Spiny cup-and-saucer shell''', is a [[species]] of sea [[snail]], a [[marine (ocean)|marine]] [[gastropod]] [[mollusk]] in the family [[Calyptraeidae]].
'''''Crucibulum spinosum''''', [[common name]] the ''' cup-and-saucer shell''', is a [[species]] of sea [[snail]], a [[marine (ocean)|marine]] [[gastropod]] [[mollusk]] in the family [[Calyptraeidae]].


This species is native to the west coast of the Americas, from [[California]] to [[Chile]]. It has been introduced and has become established in [[Hawaii]].<ref>[[United States Geological Survey]]. 2008. Crucibulum spinosum. USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL. <http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.asp?speciesID=994> Revision Date: 11/17/2004.</ref>
This species is native to the west coast of the Americas, from [[California]] to [[Chile]]. It has been introduced and established in [[Hawaii]].<ref>[[United States Geological Survey]]. 2008. Crucibulum spinosum. USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL. <http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.asp?speciesID=994> Revision Date: 11/17/2004.</ref>
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Crucibulum spinosum
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C. spinosum
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Crucibulum spinosum
(Sowerby, 1824)

Crucibulum spinosum, common name the spiny cup-and-saucer shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calyptraeidae.

This species is native to the west coast of the Americas, from California to Chile. It has been introduced and established in Hawaii.[1]

References

  1. ^ United States Geological Survey. 2008. Crucibulum spinosum. USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL. <http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.asp?speciesID=994> Revision Date: 11/17/2004.