Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Alternative combinations: Crepidula aculeata, Crypta aculeata, Patella aculeata
Synonym: Crepidula spinosa Conrad 1843
Full reference: J. F. Gmelin. 1791. Systema Naturae
Belongs to Bostrycapulus according to A. J. W. Hendy 2020
See also Gmelin 1791, Hendy et al. 2008, Holmes 1859, Jung 1969, Kern 1973 and Woodring and Bramlette 1950
Sister taxa: Bostrycapulus calyptraeformis, Bostrycapulus decorus, Bostrycapulus odites, Crepidula (Bostrycapulus) gravispinosus
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection), Brazil (6), Costa Rica (1), Ecuador (3), Peru (1), South Africa (3), United States (24: Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (23: Florida, North Carolina, Virginia), Venezuela (10)
• Miocene of United States (3: Florida)
Total: 77 collections including 78 occurrences
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