Calyptraea centralis Conrad 1841 (slipper shell)

Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae

Alternative combinations: Infundibulum centrale, Trochita centralis

Synonyms: Calyptraea (Infundibulum) candeanum d'Orbigny 1847, Calyptraea candeana d'Orbigny 1847, Trochita candeana d'Orbigny 1847

Belongs to Calyptraea according to B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva 2010

See also Gardner 1947, Landau et al. 2008, Martin 1904, Maury 1912, Maury 1924, Ward 1998 and Woodring 1957

Sister taxa: Calyptraea (Bicatillus), Calyptraea (Calyptraea), Calyptraea (Calyptropsis), Calyptraea (Galerus), Calyptraea (Siphopatella), Calyptraea (Trochatella), Calyptraea (Turbocalyptraea), Calyptraea alta, Calyptraea chinensis, Calyptraea contorta, Calyptraea coreyi, Calyptraea corrugata, Calyptraea corrugata, Calyptraea costellata, Calyptraea crassa, Calyptraea diegoana, Calyptraea dunni, Calyptraea elevata, Calyptraea ewekoroensis, Calyptraea fastigiata, Calyptraea filosa, Calyptraea inornata, Calyptraea kilburni, Calyptraea laevigata, Calyptraea lamellosa, Calyptraea mamillaris, Calyptraea martini, Calyptraea nigeriensis, Calyptraea nigeriensis, Calyptraea pileus, Calyptraea placuna, Calyptraea ramsisi, Calyptraea rugosa, Calyptraea sookensis, Calyptraea sorachiensis, Calyptraea subtabulata, Calyptraea trochiformis, Calyptraea undulata

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Panama (1 collection), United States (10: Florida, South Carolina)

• Pliocene of Colombia (1), Costa Rica (1), Trinidad and Tobago (10), United States (9: Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina), Venezuela (3)

• Miocene of Brazil (2), Colombia (12), Panama (10), Puerto Rico (1), Trinidad and Tobago (10), United States (26: Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland), Venezuela (2)

• Oligocene of Colombia (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1)

Total: 100 collections each including a single occurrence

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