Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Alternative combination: Calyptraea crenata
Belongs to Calyptraea (Trochita) according to E. H. Vokes 1975
Sister taxa: Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta, Calyptraea (Trochita) costaria, Calyptraea (Trochita) floridana, Calyptraea (Trochita) ornata, Calyptraea (Trochita) spirata, Calyptraea (Trochita) trochiformis, Trochita collinsii, Trochita occidentalis, Trochita pileolus, Trochita pileus, Trochita radians
Type specimen: USNM 136053, a shell. Its type locality is USGS Loc. 2646 - Oak Grove [Oak Grove Sand], which is in a Burdigalian marine sandstone in the Oak Grove Formation of Florida.
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (2: Florida collections)
• Oligocene of United States (1: North Carolina)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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