Trochita occidentalis Gray 1850 (slipper shell)

Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae

Belongs to Trochita according to Gray 1850

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 pileolus, Trochita pileus, Trochita radians

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Trochita occidentalis in the database

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