Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Haliotidae
Full reference: B. Kensley. 1972. Pliocene marine invertebrates from Langebaanweg, Cape Province. Annals of the South African Museum 60(4):173-190
Belongs to Haliotis according to B. Kensley and J. Pether 1986
See also Kensley 1972
Sister taxa: Haliotis (Haliotis), Haliotis (Padollus), Haliotis (Sulculus), Haliotis antillesensis, Haliotis asinina, Haliotis brazieri, Haliotis corrugata, Haliotis cracherodii, Haliotis elsmerensis, Haliotis fulgens, Haliotis koticki, Haliotis laevigata, Haliotis lasia, Haliotis lomaensis, Haliotis palaea, Haliotis roei, Haliotis ruber, Haliotis rufescens, Haliotis scalaris, Haliotis tuberculata, Haliotis varia
Type specimen: S.A.M. LI4187/D, a shell.
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of South Africa (1 collection)
• Pliocene of South Africa (2)
• Miocene of South Africa (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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