Calyptroides bolivarensis Clark and Durham 1946 (slipper shell)

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

Belongs to Calyptroides according to B. L. Clark and J. W. Durham 1946

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CAS 34956, a shell. Its type locality is UC S60, which is in the Eocene of sandstone/conglomerate Colombia.

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at UC S60

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