Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Full reference: A. K. Dey. 1961. The Miocene Mollusca from Quilon, Kerala (India). Palaeontologica Indica 36
Belongs to Calyptraea according to A. K. Dey 1961
Sister taxa: Calyptraea (Bicatillus), Calyptraea (Calyptraea), Calyptraea (Calyptropsis), Calyptraea (Galerus), Calyptraea (Siphopatella), Calyptraea (Trochatella), Calyptraea (Turbocalyptraea), Calyptraea alta, Calyptraea centralis, Calyptraea chinensis, Calyptraea contorta, Calyptraea coreyi, Calyptraea corrugata, Calyptraea corrugata, Calyptraea costellata, Calyptraea crassa, Calyptraea diegoana, Calyptraea elevata, Calyptraea ewekoroensis, Calyptraea fastigiata, Calyptraea filosa, Calyptraea inornata, Calyptraea kilburni, Calyptraea laevigata, Calyptraea lamellosa, Calyptraea mamillaris, Calyptraea martini, Calyptraea nigeriensis, Calyptraea nigeriensis, Calyptraea pileus, Calyptraea placuna, Calyptraea ramsisi, Calyptraea rugosa, Calyptraea sookensis, Calyptraea sorachiensis, Calyptraea subtabulata, Calyptraea trochiformis, Calyptraea undulata
Type specimen: Its type locality is Quilon Limestone (Quilon, Kerala), which is in a Miocene carbonate limestone in the Quilon Limestone Formation of India
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Quilon Limestone (Quilon, Kerala)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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