Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Alternative combination: Trochita inornata
Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1869. Section I. Tertiary Invertebrate Fossils. Part II. Description of New Species (Continued). Palaeontology of California, Volume II, Cretaceous and Tertiary Fossils 39-64
Belongs to Calyptraea according to W. Loel and W. H. Corey 1932
See also Gabb 1869 and Stewart 1927
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 kilburni, Calyptraea laevigata, Calyptraea lamellosa, Calyptraea mamillaris, Calyptraea martini, Calyptraea nigeriensis, Calyptraea nigeriensis, Calyptraea pileus, Calyptraea placuna, Calyptraea ramsisi, Calyptraea rugosa, Calyptraea sookensis, Calyptraea sorachiensis, Calyptraea subtabulata, Calyptraea trochiformis, Calyptraea undulata
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Blancan of United States (2: California collections)
• Pliocene of United States (2: Oregon)
• Miocene of Mexico (2), United States (9: California)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: California)
• Oligocene of Canada (1: British Columbia)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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