Crepidula nummaria Gould 1846 (slipper shell)

Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae

Synonym: Crepidula navicelloides Carpenter 1864

Belongs to Crepidula according to A. Hendy 2021

See also Ashley 1895 and Woodring and Bramlette 1950

Sister taxa: Calyptraea (Crepidula) protea, Crepidula (Crepidula), Crepidula (Garnotia), Crepidula (Ianacus), Crepidula (Janacus), Crepidula (Spirocrypta), Crepidula adunca, Crepidula aeola, Crepidula aplysioides, Crepidula arenata, Crepidula bractea, Crepidula convexa, Crepidula cymbaeformis, Crepidula depressa, Crepidula deprima, Crepidula diminutiva, Crepidula dumosa, Crepidula excavata, Crepidula falconeri, Crepidula fornicata, Crepidula gatunensis, Crepidula gibbosa, Crepidula incurva, Crepidula iniquita, Crepidula lessonii, Crepidula lirata, Crepidula maculosa, Crepidula naticarum, Crepidula navicula, Crepidula nivea, Crepidula norrisianum, Crepidula onyx, Crepidula pabloensis, Crepidula perforans, Crepidula plana, Crepidula praerupta, Crepidula princeps, Crepidula rostralis, Crepidula rugosa, Crepidula rugosa, Crepidula saugusensis, Crepidula sookensis, Crepidula tainohataensis, Crepidula ungana, Crepidula unguiformis

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Mexico (5 collections), United States (34: California)

• Pliocene of United States (4: California)

• Miocene of United States (3: California)

Total: 46 collections each including a single occurrence

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