Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Full reference: B. Kensley and J. Pether. 1986. Late Tertiary and Early Quaternary Fossil Mollusca for the Hondeklip Area, Cape Province, South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 97(6):141-225
Belongs to Crepidula according to B. Kensley and J. Pether 1986
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 diminutiva, Crepidula dumosa, Crepidula excavata, Crepidula falconeri, Crepidula fornicata, Crepidula gatunensis, Crepidula gibbosa, Crepidula incurva, Crepidula iniquita, 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: SAM-PQ-HB519, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of South Africa (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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