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THE American slipper limpet, Crepidula fomicata, which is a protandric hermaphrodite mollusc1 usually occurring in piles or chains of two to as many as nineteen individuals, and where the older individuals in the chain are female and the younger top ones male, has recently2 frequently been found solitary and in spawn in deep water in Lyme Bay, from off Sidmouth to off Slapton.
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ORTON, J. Protandry with Self-Fertilization in the American Slipper Limpet, Crepidula Fornicata. Nature 169, 279–280 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1038/169279a0
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