Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Alternative spelling: Calyptraea (Trochita)
Parent taxon: Calyptraeidae according to J. A. Todd 2001
See also Addicott 1970, Harris and Palmer 1947, Nagao 1928, Sepkoski 2002, Vokes 1975 and Woodring 1957
Sister taxa: Bostrycapulus, Calyptraea, Calyptroides, Calyptropsis, Clypeola, Crepidula, Crepipatella, Crucibulum, Ergaea, Galeropsis, Grandicrepidula, Maoricrypta, Sigapatella, Thylacus, Verticumbo, Zegalerus
Subtaxa: Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta Calyptraea (Trochita) costaria Calyptraea (Trochita) crenata Calyptraea (Trochita) floridana Calyptraea (Trochita) ornata Calyptraea (Trochita) spirata Calyptraea (Trochita) trochiformis Trochita collinsii Trochita diabloensis Trochita occidentalis Trochita pileolus Trochita pileus Trochita radians
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (5 collections), Chile (3), Morocco (3), Peru (3), United States (7: California)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of Chile (4), Trinidad and Tobago (4), United States (5: California, Florida)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: California)
• Miocene of Argentina (1), Brazil (2), Chile (2), France (2), Grenada (1), Panama (8), United States (29: Delaware, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oregon, Washington), Venezuela (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (7: Florida)
• Oligocene of Costa Rica (1), Panama (2), United States (19: California, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, Washington)
• Eocene to Miocene of United States (1: Texas)
• Eocene of Belgium (3), Bulgaria (1), Colombia (2), France (8), Haiti (1), Italy (1), Mexico (1), Panama (2), Peru (1), Romania (4), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (15), United States (125: Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia)
• Paleocene of Bulgaria (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (19: Alabama, Maryland, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia)
Total: 298 collections including 303 occurrences
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