Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Alternative combination: Calyptraea crenata
Belongs to Calyptraea (Trochita) according to E. H. Vokes 1975
Sister taxa: Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta, Calyptraea (Trochita) costaria, Calyptraea (Trochita) floridana, Calyptraea (Trochita) ornata, Calyptraea (Trochita) spirata, Calyptraea (Trochita) trochiformis, Trochita collinsii, Trochita diabloensis, Trochita occidentalis, Trochita pileolus, Trochita pileus, Trochita radians
Type specimen: USNM 136053, a shell. Its type locality is USGS Loc. 2646 - Oak Grove [Oak Grove Sand], which is in a Burdigalian marine sandstone in the Oak Grove Formation of Florida.
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (2: Florida collections)
• Oligocene of United States (1: North Carolina)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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