Patella hendeyi Kensley and Pether 1986 (limpet)

Gastropoda - Patellogastropoda - Patellidae

Full reference: B. Kensley and J. Pether. 1986. Late Tertiary and Early Quaternary Fossil Mollusca for the Hondeklip Area, Cape Province, South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 97(6):141-225

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

Sister taxa: Patella (Cymbula), Patella (Patella), Patella caerulea, Patella candei, Patella capulina, Patella conoidea, Patella costaria, Patella costata, Patella costulata, Patella crasseradiata, Patella crateriformis, Patella deformis, Patella duclosii, Patella dulcis, Patella flexuosa, Patella glabra, Patella granatina, Patella granularis, Patella granulata, Patella gremblichi, Patella hebertiana, Patella hochstetteri, Patella hoffmani, Patella hollebeni, Patella intermedia, Patella jingguensis, Patella laticostata, Patella limatula, Patella longicosta, Patella mateoensis, Patella nelsonensis, Patella nigra, Patella oculus, Patella pennata, Patella peronii, Patella reussi, Patella rimosa, Patella scutatella, Patella sheehani, Patella sparsicostata, Patella striatula, Patella stuarti, Patella subglabra, Patella timorensis, Patella traskii, Patella ulyssiponensis, Patella vulgata

Type specimen: SAM-PQ-AV454, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Pliocene of South Africa (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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