Thylacus Conrad 1860 (slipper shell)

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

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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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