Fissurella barbadensis Gmelin 1791 (snail)

Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae

Alternative combinations: Fissuridea barbadensis, Patella barbadensis

Belongs to Fissurella according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008

See also Rosenberg 2005

Sister taxa: Fissurella (Balboaina), Fissurella (Carcellesia), Fissurella (Clypidella), Fissurella (Cremides), Fissurella (Fissurella), Fissurella behri, Fissurella bipunctata, Fissurella costaria, Fissurella cumingi, Fissurella fluviamariana, Fissurella gibba, Fissurella labiata, Fissurella mississipiensis, Fissurella mus, Fissurella nimbosa, Fissurella nodosa, Fissurella perrini, Fissurella rixfordi, Fissurella rosea, Fissurella scobinellata, Fissurella squamosa, Fissurella stantoni, Fissurella volcano

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Quaternary of the Bahamas (3 collections), Bermuda (8), Cuba (1), Haiti (1), Jamaica (1)

Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence

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