Crepipatella apprimus Vokes 1975 (slipper shell)

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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