Crucibulum (Crucibulum) cubaguaense Landau and Marques da Silva 2010 (slipper shell)

Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae

Full reference: B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva. 2010. Early Pliocene gastropods of Cubagua, Venezuela: Taxonomy, palaeobiogeography and ecostratigraphy. Palaeontos 19:1-221

Belongs to Crucibulum (Crucibulum) according to B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva 2010

Sister taxa: Crucibulum (Crucibulum) auricula, Crucibulum (Crucibulum) chipolanum

Type specimen: NHMW 2010/0038/0008, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Crucibulum (Crucibulum) cubaguaense in the database

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