Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Full reference: B. Kensley and J. Pether. 1986. Late Tertiary and Early Quaternary Fossil Mollusca for the Hondeklip Area, Cape Province, South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 97(6):141-225
Belongs to Calyptraea according to B. Kensley and J. Pether 1986
Sister taxa: Calyptraea (Bicatillus), Calyptraea (Calyptraea), Calyptraea (Calyptropsis), Calyptraea (Galerus), Calyptraea (Siphopatella), Calyptraea (Trochatella), Calyptraea (Turbocalyptraea), Calyptraea alta, Calyptraea centralis, Calyptraea chinensis, Calyptraea contorta, Calyptraea coreyi, Calyptraea corrugata, Calyptraea corrugata, Calyptraea costellata, Calyptraea crassa, Calyptraea diegoana, Calyptraea dunni, Calyptraea elevata, Calyptraea ewekoroensis, Calyptraea fastigiata, Calyptraea filosa, Calyptraea inornata, Calyptraea laevigata, Calyptraea lamellosa, Calyptraea mamillaris, Calyptraea martini, Calyptraea nigeriensis, Calyptraea nigeriensis, Calyptraea pileus, Calyptraea placuna, Calyptraea ramsisi, Calyptraea rugosa, Calyptraea sookensis, Calyptraea sorachiensis, Calyptraea subtabulata, Calyptraea trochiformis, Calyptraea undulata
Type specimen: SAM-K1433, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of South Africa (3 collections)
• Pliocene of South Africa (5)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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