†Calyptroides Clark and Durham 1946 (slipper shell)
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Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Full reference: B. L. Clark and J. W. Durham. 1946. Eocene Faunas from the Department of Bolivar, Colombia. Geological Society of America Memoir 16:1-126
Parent taxon: Calyptraeidae according to B. L. Clark and J. W. Durham 1946
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Bostrycapulus, Calyptraea, Calyptropsis, Clypeola, Crepidula, Crepipatella, Crucibulum, Ergaea, Galeropsis, Grandicrepidula, Maoricrypta, Sigapatella, Thylacus, Trochita, Verticumbo, Zegalerus
Subtaxa: Calyptroides bolivarensis
Type: Calyptroides bolivarensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at UC S60 (Eocene of Colombia)
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