Crepidula iniquita 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 Crepidula according to B. L. Clark and J. W. Durham 1946

Sister taxa: Calyptraea (Crepidula) protea, Crepidula (Crepidula), Crepidula (Garnotia), Crepidula (Ianacus), Crepidula (Janacus), Crepidula (Spirocrypta), Crepidula adunca, Crepidula aeola, Crepidula aplysioides, Crepidula bractea, Crepidula convexa, Crepidula cymbaeformis, Crepidula depressa, Crepidula deprima, Crepidula diminutiva, Crepidula dumosa, Crepidula excavata, Crepidula falconeri, Crepidula fornicata, Crepidula gatunensis, Crepidula gibbosa, Crepidula incurva, Crepidula lessonii, Crepidula lirata, Crepidula maculosa, Crepidula naticarum, Crepidula navicula, Crepidula nivea, Crepidula norrisianum, Crepidula nummaria, Crepidula onyx, Crepidula pabloensis, Crepidula perforans, Crepidula plana, Crepidula praerupta, Crepidula princeps, Crepidula rostralis, Crepidula rugosa, Crepidula rugosa, Crepidula saugusensis, Crepidula sookensis, Crepidula tainohataensis, Crepidula ungana, Crepidula unguiformis

Type specimen: CAS 34978, a shell. Its type locality is U.C. Loc S 7333, which is in the Eocene of conglomerate Colombia.

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at U.C. Loc S 7333

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