†Crepipatella apprimus Vokes 1975 (slipper shell)
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Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Full reference: E. H. Vokes. 1975. Notes on the fauna of the Chipola Formation - XVIII. Some new or otherwise interesting members of the Calyptraeidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 11(1-2):163-172
Belongs to Crepipatella according to E. H. Vokes 1975
Sister taxa: Crepipatella charybdis, Crepipatella dilatata, Crepipatella dorsata, Crepipatella greensboroensis, Crepipatella lingulata
Type specimen: USNM 647331, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (3: Florida collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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