Trochita radians Lamarck 1816 (slipper shell)

Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae

Alternative combination: Calyptraea radians

Belongs to Trochita according to A. J. W. Hendy 2020

See also Clark 1918, Vokes 1975 and Woodring and Bramlette 1950

Sister taxa: Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta, Calyptraea (Trochita) costaria, Calyptraea (Trochita) crenata, Calyptraea (Trochita) floridana, Calyptraea (Trochita) ornata, Calyptraea (Trochita) spirata, Calyptraea (Trochita) trochiformis, Trochita collinsii, Trochita occidentalis, Trochita pileolus, Trochita pileus

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (7: California collections)

• Pliocene of Trinidad and Tobago (4), United States (4: California)

• Miocene of Grenada (1), Venezuela (1)

• Oligocene of United States (1: California)

Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence

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