Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Alternative spelling: Crepidula (Bostrycapulus)
Parent taxon: Calyptraeidae according to G. Rosenberg 2005
See also Todd 2001
Sister taxa: Calyptraea, Calyptroides, Calyptropsis, Clypeola, Crepidula, Crepipatella, Crucibulum, Ergaea, Galeropsis, Grandicrepidula, Maoricrypta, Sigapatella, Thylacus, Trochita, Verticumbo, Zegalerus
Subtaxa: Bostrycapulus aculeatus Bostrycapulus calyptraeformis Bostrycapulus decorus Bostrycapulus odites Crepidula (Bostrycapulus) gravispinosus
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Angola (1 collection), Argentina (1), Australia (1), Brazil (8), Costa Rica (1), Ecuador (3), Japan (3), Peru (1), South Africa (3), United States (39: California, Florida, Hawaii, North Carolina, South Carolina), Uruguay (2)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of Panama (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (24: California, Florida, North Carolina, Virginia), Venezuela (10)
• Miocene of Colombia (1), United States (3: Florida)
Total: 104 collections including 105 occurrences
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