Calyptraea helicoidea (G. B. Sowerby II 1883)

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Calyptraea helicoidea is a species of snails in the family slipper limpets. Individuals can grow to 16 mm.

EOL has data for 10 attributes, including:

body length
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CMO_0000013
- Definition: A measurement of the longest dimension of a body, typically between two distinct ends of the body.
- Attribution: [database_cross_reference: Dorland:Dorlands_Illustrated_Medical_Dictionary--31st_Ed] [database_cross_reference: ISBN:978-1416049982]
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16 mm
body volume
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/BodyVolume
- Definition: Volume occupied by the whole body of one individual of this taxon
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0.695 cm^3
geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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South Africa (country)
habitat
- URI: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/habitat
- Definition: A category or description of the habitat in which the Event occurred.
- Comment: Example: "oak savanna", "pre-cordilleran steppe"
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marine benthic
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000024
- Definition: The marine benthic biome (benthic meaning 'bottom') encompasses the seafloor and includes such areas as shores, littoral or intertidal areas, marine coral reefs, and the deep seabed.
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habitat includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
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sea
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000016
- Definition: A large expanse of saline water usually connected with an ocean.
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trophic guild
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/TrophicGuild
- Definition: A group of species that exploit the same food resources, and/or use the same feeding or foraging methods. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guild_(ecology)
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filter feeder
- URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1252491
- Definition: a sub-group of suspension feeding animals that feed by straining suspended matter and food particles from water, typically by passing the water over a specialized filtering structure
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water depth
- URI: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/verbatimDepth
- Definition: The depth of seawater at a location where this organism has been observed or collected.
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60 m
wet body mass
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/bodyMassWet
- Definition: Mass of one individual of this taxon, living or fresh, without desiccation
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1.22 g

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Calyptraea helicoidea (G. B. Sowerby II 1883). View this species on GBIF

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