Trochita radians Lamarck 1816 (slipper shell)

Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae

Alternative combination: Calyptraea radians

Belongs to Trochita according to A. J. W. Hendy 2020

See also Clark 1918, Vokes 1975 and Woodring and Bramlette 1950

Sister taxa: Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta, Calyptraea (Trochita) costaria, Calyptraea (Trochita) crenata, Calyptraea (Trochita) floridana, Calyptraea (Trochita) ornata, Calyptraea (Trochita) spirata, Calyptraea (Trochita) trochiformis, Trochita collinsii, Trochita diabloensis, Trochita occidentalis, Trochita pileolus, Trochita pileus

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (7: California collections)

• Pliocene of Trinidad and Tobago (4), United States (4: California)

• Miocene of Grenada (1), Venezuela (1)

• Oligocene of United States (1: California)

Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence

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