Amblychilepas scutellum Gmelin 1791 (snail)

Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae

Alternative combinations: Amblychilepas scutella, Patella scutellum

Belongs to Amblychilepas according to B. Kensley and J. Pether 1986

See also Davies 1973

Sister taxa: Amblychilepas acra, Amblychilepas compressa, Amblychilepas crucis, Amblychilepas javanicus, Amblychilepas nigrita, Amblychilepas oblonga, Amblychilepas omicron

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Mozambique (1 collection), Namibia (1), South Africa (6)

• Pliocene of South Africa (3)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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