Crucibulum fausta White 1887 (slipper shell)

Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae

Alternative combination: Calyptraea fausta

Belongs to Crucibulum according to C. J. Maury 1924

Sister taxa: Crucibulum (Crucibulum), Crucibulum (Crucibulum) piliferum, Crucibulum (Dispotaea), Crucibulum alloglyptum, Crucibulum lawrencei, Crucibulum multilineatum, Crucibulum planum, Crucibulum scutellata, Crucibulum spinosum, Crucibulum subsutum

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Sao Joao de Pirabas (Miocene of Brazil)

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