Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Alternative combinations: Crucibulum constricta, Crucibulum constrictum, Dispotaea constricta
Belongs to Crucibulum (Dispotaea) according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008
See also Gardner 1947, Martin 1904, Richards 1943 and Ward 1993
Sister taxa: Crucibulum (Dispotaea) costata, Crucibulum (Dispotaea) imbricata, Crucibulum (Dispotaea) insculpta, Crucibulum (Dispotaea) marense, Crucibulum (Dispotaea) papulum, Crucibulum (Dispotaea) pectinatum, Crucibulum (Dispotaea) springvaleense, Crucibulum (Dispotaea) striatum, Crucibulum (Dispotaea) venezuelanum, Crucibulum (Dispotaea) waltonense
Subtaxa: Crucibulum constrictum conjuge
Type specimen: USNM 371874, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (13: Florida, North Carolina, Virginia collections)
• Miocene of United States (15: Florida, Maryland)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Oligocene of United States (1: North Carolina)
Total: 30 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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