Tribe Fissurellideini Pilsbry 1890 (keyhole limpet)

Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae

Alternative spelling: Fissurellidinae

Parent taxon: Emarginulinae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2005

See also Pacaud and Le Renard 1995

Sister taxa: Agariste, Clypidina, Emarginulina, Emarginulini, Emersonia, Entomella, Loxotoma, Notomella, Retshitsella, Rimularia, Rimulopsis, Scelidotoma, Scutini, Tugali

Subtaxa: Fissurellidea

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Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Mexico (4 collections), South Africa (1), United States (20: California)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: California)

• Pliocene of South Africa (2)

• Miocene of Argentina (1)

Total: 29 collections each including a single occurrence

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