†Sigapatella mapalia Marwick 1929 (slipper shell)
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Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Calyptraeidae
Full reference: J. Marwick. 1929. Tertiary molluscan fauna of Chatton, Southland. Transactions and Proceeding of the Royal Society of New Zealand 59:903-937
Belongs to Sigapatella according to J. Marwick 1929
Sister taxa: Sigapatella americana, Sigapatella disapicula, Sigapatella echinulata, Sigapatella novazelandiae, Sigapatella vertex
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Oligocene of New Zealand (1 collection)
• Eocene of New Zealand (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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