Trochita occidentalis Gray 1850 (slipper shell)

Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae

Belongs to Trochita according to Gray 1850

Sister taxa: Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta, Calyptraea (Trochita) costaria, Calyptraea (Trochita) crenata, Calyptraea (Trochita) floridana, Calyptraea (Trochita) ornata, Calyptraea (Trochita) spirata, Calyptraea (Trochita) trochiformis, Trochita collinsii, Trochita diabloensis, Trochita pileolus, Trochita pileus, Trochita radians

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Trochita occidentalis in the database

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