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†Calyptraea nigeriensis Newton 1905 (Chinese hat snail)

Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae

Full reference: R. B. Newton. 1905. Eocene shells from Nigeria. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Seventh Series 15:83-91

Belongs to Calyptraea according to R. B. Newton 1905

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 kilburni, Calyptraea laevigata, Calyptraea lamellosa, Calyptraea mamillaris, Calyptraea martini, Calyptraea nigeriensis, Calyptraea pileus, Calyptraea placuna, Calyptraea ramsisi, Calyptraea rugosa, Calyptraea sookensis, Calyptraea sorachiensis, Calyptraea subtabulata, Calyptraea trochiformis, Calyptraea undulata

Type specimen: Its type locality is Kalfu-Tamaskie, which is in a Paleocene marine horizon in Niger

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Kalfu-Tamaskie

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