Crepidula ungana Dall 1908 (slipper shell)

Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae

Belongs to Crepidula according to A. E. Oleinik and L. Marincovich 2003

See also Addicott 1973 and Durham 1944

Sister taxa: Calyptraea (Crepidula) protea, Crepidula (Crepidula), Crepidula (Garnotia), Crepidula (Ianacus), Crepidula (Janacus), Crepidula (Spirocrypta), Crepidula adunca, Crepidula aeola, Crepidula aplysioides, Crepidula bractea, Crepidula convexa, Crepidula cymbaeformis, Crepidula depressa, Crepidula deprima, Crepidula diminutiva, Crepidula dumosa, Crepidula excavata, Crepidula falconeri, Crepidula fornicata, Crepidula gatunensis, Crepidula gibbosa, Crepidula incurva, Crepidula iniquita, Crepidula lessonii, Crepidula lirata, Crepidula maculosa, Crepidula naticarum, Crepidula navicula, Crepidula nivea, Crepidula norrisianum, Crepidula nummaria, Crepidula onyx, Crepidula pabloensis, Crepidula perforans, Crepidula plana, Crepidula praerupta, Crepidula princeps, Crepidula rostralis, Crepidula rugosa, Crepidula rugosa, Crepidula saugusensis, Crepidula sookensis, Crepidula tainohataensis, Crepidula unguiformis

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Canada (1: British Columbia collection), United States (9: Alaska, California, Washington)

• Eocene of the Russian Federation (1), United States (21: California, Oregon)

Total: 32 collections each including a single occurrence

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