Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Alternative spelling: Crepidula (Crepipatella)
Parent taxon: Calyptraeidae according to G. Rosenberg 2005
See also Gordillo 1991, Jung 1969, Sepkoski 2002 and Todd 2001
Sister taxa: Bostrycapulus, Calyptraea, Calyptroides, Calyptropsis, Clypeola, Crepidula, Crucibulum, Ergaea, Galeropsis, Grandicrepidula, Maoricrypta, Sigapatella, Thylacus, Trochita, Verticumbo, Zegalerus
Subtaxa: Crepipatella apprimus Crepipatella charybdis Crepipatella dilatata Crepipatella dorsata Crepipatella greensboroensis Crepipatella lingulata
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (10 collections), Chile (9), Mexico (7), Peru (8), United States (38: California)
• Pliocene of Chile (3), Jamaica (1), Peru (3), United States (1: California)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Chile (1)
• Neogene of Chile (1)
• Miocene of United States (3: Florida)
Total: 85 collections including 88 occurrences
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