†Thylacus Conrad 1860 (slipper shell)
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Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Parent taxon: Calyptraeidae according to D. T. Dockery 1993
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Sohl 1964
Sister taxa: Bostrycapulus, Calyptraea, Calyptroides, Calyptropsis, Clypeola, Crepidula, Crepipatella, Crucibulum, Ergaea, Galeropsis, Grandicrepidula, Maoricrypta, Sigapatella, Trochita, Verticumbo, Zegalerus
Subtaxa: Thylacus cretaceus
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Paleocene of France (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of United States (39: Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee, Texas)
Total: 40 collections including 41 occurrences
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