Clypeola (gastropod)
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| Clypeola | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Calyptraeidae |
| Genus: | Clypeola J.E. Gray, 1868 |
| Type species | |
| Clypeola tenuis Gray 1867 | |
| Species | |
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| Synonyms | |
Clypeola is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Calyptraeidae, the slipper snails, Chinese hat snails and cup-and-saucer snails.[2]
This genus is considered a synonym of Sigapatella Lesson, 1831 [2]