Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Calyptraeidae
Alternative combination: Galerus contortus
Belongs to Calyptraea according to A. Hendy 2021
See also Hendy 2020
Sister taxa: Calyptraea (Bicatillus), Calyptraea (Calyptraea), Calyptraea (Calyptropsis), Calyptraea (Galerus), Calyptraea (Siphopatella), Calyptraea (Trochatella), Calyptraea (Turbocalyptraea), Calyptraea alta, Calyptraea centralis, Calyptraea chinensis, 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 kilburni, 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: USNM 11846, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (13: California collections)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (4: California)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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