Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Alternative spelling: Crepidula (Maoricrypta)
Parent taxon: Calyptraeidae according to A. G. Beu 2010
See also Beu et al. 1990, Marshall 2003 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Bostrycapulus, Calyptraea, Calyptroides, Calyptropsis, Clypeola, Crepidula, Crepipatella, Crucibulum, Ergaea, Galeropsis, Grandicrepidula, Sigapatella, Thylacus, Trochita, Verticumbo, Zegalerus
Subtaxa: Maoricrypta (Maoricrypta) Maoricrypta (Zeacrypta) Maoricrypta salebrosa Maoricrypta youngi
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of New Zealand (1 collection)
• Pliocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene of Australia (4), New Zealand (6)
• Oligocene of New Zealand (10)
• Eocene of Australia (1), New Zealand (1)
Total: 24 collections including 26 occurrences
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