Crepidula adunca Sowerby 1824 (slipper shell)

Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae

Belongs to Crepidula according to A. Hendy 2021

See also Addicott and Emerson 1959, Ashley 1895 and Woodring and Bramlette 1950

Sister taxa: Calyptraea (Crepidula) protea, Crepidula (Crepidula), Crepidula (Garnotia), Crepidula (Ianacus), Crepidula (Janacus), Crepidula (Spirocrypta), Crepidula aeola, Crepidula aplysioides, 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 nummaria, 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 (7 collections), United States (36: California)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (2: California)

• Pliocene of United States (7: California, Oregon)

• Miocene of United States (5: California)

Total: 57 collections including 58 occurrences

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