Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Full reference: T. A. Conrad. 1855. Report Of Mr. T. A. Conrad On The Fossil Shells Collected In California By Wm. P. Blake, Geologist Of The Expedition Under The Command Of Lieutenant R. S. Williamson, United States Topographical Engineers. Description of the fossils and shells collected in California by William P. Blake, Geologist of the United States Pacific Railroad Survey in California. under the command of Lieut. R. S. Williamson, In 1853-54. Article 1 of Appendix to the Preliminary Geological Report of WIlliam P. Blake, Geologist of the Survey in California Under the Command of Lieut. R. S. Williamson. Palæontology 5-21
Belongs to Crucibulum according to A. Hendy 2021
See also Ashley 1895 and Conrad 1855
Sister taxa: Crucibulum (Crucibulum), Crucibulum (Crucibulum) piliferum, Crucibulum (Dispotaea), Crucibulum alloglyptum, Crucibulum fausta, Crucibulum lawrencei, Crucibulum multilineatum, Crucibulum planum, Crucibulum scutellata, Crucibulum subsutum
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (1 collection), Mexico (4), United States (22: California)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: California)
• Pliocene of Ecuador (2), United States (5: California, Florida)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: California)
Total: 36 collections including 37 occurrences
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