Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Full reference: H. L. Abbass. 1967. A monograph on the Egyptian Paleocene and Eocene gastropods. United Arab Republic, Geological Survey-Geological Museum, Palaeontological Series, Monograph (4)1-154
Belongs to Calyptraea according to H. L. Abbass 1967
Sister taxa: Calyptraea (Bicatillus), Calyptraea (Calyptraea), Calyptraea (Calyptropsis), Calyptraea (Galerus), Calyptraea (Siphopatella), Calyptraea (Trochatella), Calyptraea (Turbocalyptraea), Calyptraea alta, Calyptraea centralis, 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 rugosa, Calyptraea sookensis, Calyptraea sorachiensis, Calyptraea subtabulata, Calyptraea trochiformis, Calyptraea undulata
Type specimen: G392, a shell.
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Egypt 10 (Fayium) (Eocene of Egypt)
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