Gastropoda - Patellida - Lottiidae
Alternative combinations: Acmaea pustulata, Patella pustulata
Invalid subtaxa: Acmaea punctulata Gmelin 1791 [replaced name], Patella punctulata Gmelin 1791 [replaced name]
Belongs to Patelloida according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008
See also Brown and Pilsbry 1913, Rosenberg 2005 and Weisbord 1962
Sister taxa: Patelloida alticostata, Patelloida ceciliana, Patelloida cryptalirata, Patelloida gradatus, Patelloida inginis, Patelloida mimula, Patelloida pyramidalis, Patelloida saccharina, Patelloida tejonensis, Patelloida triquetrus, Patelloida vokesi
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Bahamas (2 collections), Cayman Islands (1), Jamaica (1), Panama (1), United States (1: Florida), Venezuela (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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