Galeropsis (slipper shell)

Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae

Parent taxon: Calyptraeidae according to K. E. Hoagland 1977

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Bostrycapulus, Calyptraea, Calyptroides, Calyptropsis, Clypeola, Crepidula, Crepipatella, Crucibulum, Ergaea, Grandicrepidula, Maoricrypta, Sigapatella, Thylacus, Trochita, Verticumbo, Zegalerus

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of France (2 collections)

• Cretaceous of Chile (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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