Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Alternative spelling: Dispotaea
Parent taxon: Crucibulum according to B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva 2010
See also Addicott 1970, Gardner 1947, Landau et al. 2008, Pilsbry and Olsson 1941, Sepkoski 2002, Todd 2001 and Woodring 1957
Sister taxa: Crucibulum (Crucibulum), Crucibulum (Crucibulum) piliferum, Crucibulum alloglyptum, Crucibulum fausta, Crucibulum lawrencei, Crucibulum multilineatum, Crucibulum planum, Crucibulum scutellata, Crucibulum spinosum, Crucibulum subsutum
Subtaxa: Crucibulum (Dispotaea) constrictum Crucibulum (Dispotaea) costata Crucibulum (Dispotaea) imbricata Crucibulum (Dispotaea) insculpta Crucibulum (Dispotaea) marense Crucibulum (Dispotaea) papulum Crucibulum (Dispotaea) pectinatum Crucibulum (Dispotaea) springvaleense Crucibulum (Dispotaea) striatum Crucibulum (Dispotaea) venezuelanum Crucibulum (Dispotaea) waltonense
Type: Calyptraea costata
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (1 collection), Mexico (3), Panama (1), Peru (1), United States (7: California, Florida)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ecuador (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of Ecuador (4), Panama (1), United States (15: California, Florida, North Carolina, Virginia), Venezuela (5)
• Miocene of Colombia (24), the Dominican Republic (12), Panama (46), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (35: Delaware, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, Virginia), Venezuela (2)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Oligocene of United States (1: North Carolina)
Total: 162 collections including 174 occurrences