Gastropoda - Patellida - Nacellidae

Full reference: T. J. DeVries. 2007. Cenozoic Nacella (Patellogastropoda: Nacellidae) from Peru and Chile: Filling in the gaps. The Veliger 50(4):274-291

Belongs to Nacella (Patinigera) according to T. J. DeVries 2007

Sister taxa: Nacella (Patinigera) chalaensis, Nacella (Patinigera) intiforma, Nacella (Patinigera) magellanica, Nacella (Patinigera) oblea, Nacella (Patinigera) oconaensis, Nacella (Patinigera) reicheae

Type specimen: WM 10612, a shell. Its type locality is Loc. E, Chiloé, which is in a Miocene coastal siliciclastic in Chile.

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Loc. E, Chiloé

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