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The thin [[Gastropod shell|shell]] of this species has the shape of an almost symmetrical cone (like a Chinese hat or [[conical Asian hat]]), 7 mm high and 15 – 21 mm wide. The internal partition has a spirally curved edge which runs running from the [[Apex (mollusc)|apex]] to the margin of the shell, and partly covers the [[Aperture (mollusc)|aperture]]. The presence of this internal shelf distinguishes this species easily from the [[true limpet]]s. The aperture is round and adapted to the substrate. The shell is creamy white, and glossy on the inside.
 
''Calyptraea chinensis'' is a [[filter feeder]], binding fine food particles with [[mucus]]. Like all slipper limpets, this species is a [[Dichogamy|protandrous]] [[hermaphrodite]], but the stages of change from male to female have not been clearly defined. Unlike ''Crepidula fornicata'' (the American slipper limpet), this species does not form stacks. The males and females only come together for copulation.<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.2307/2299|last=Wyatt|first=H. V.|title=The Reproduction, Growth, and Distribution of Calyptraea chinensis (L.)|journal=Journal of Animal Ecology|year=1961|volume=30|issue=2|pages=283–302|urljstor=http://www.jstor.org/pss/2299|accessdate=2010-06-04}}</ref> The species does not have a pelagic larval phase. The [[veliger]] stage is passed in capsules fixed to the [[Substrate (biology)|substrate]], and guarded under the shell of the parent. The young hatch as crawling post-veliger larvæ.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Wyatt|first=H.V.|title=Response of Larvæ of Calyptraea chinensis (L) to Light|journal=Nature|year=1960|month=April|pages=328|volume=186|issue=328|doi=10.1038/186328a0|url=http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v186/n4721/abs/186328a0.html|accessdate=2010-06-04}}</ref>
 
==Distribution==
''Calyptraea chinensis'' occurs in North-West Africa, in the [[Mediterranean]], the [[North Sea]], the [[Black Sea]] and the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. These small snails can be found in the littoral and sublittoral zones along sheltered, rocky shores and on muddy or silty areas as long as they can cling to a hard substrate such as stones, living oysters <ref>{{cite journal|last=Minchin|first=D.|coauthors=J.D. Nunn|title=Further Range Extensions of the Marine Gastropod Calyptraea chinensis (L.) in Ireland|journal=The Irish Naturalists' Journal|year=2006|month=April|volume=28|issue=5|pages=200–203|urljstor=http://www.jstor.org/pss/25536712|accessdate=2010-06-04}}</ref> and other shells. The species also occurs on the northern and western coasts of Britain and Ireland, but is absent from the [[North Sea]] and the [[English Channel]].
 
''Calyptraea chinensis'' is known in fossil state from the [[Pliocene]] and the Early [[Pleistocene]].<ref>[http://www.jstor.org/pss/2416942 Norton P.E.P., ''Marine Molluscan Assemblages in the Early Pleistocene of Sidestrand, Bramerton and the Royal Society Borehole at Ludham, Norfolk'', Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, Vol. 253, No. 784 (Dec. 21, 1967), pp. 161-200]</ref>