Gastropoda - Patellogastropoda - Patellidae
Belongs to Patella according to B. Kensley 1972
Sister taxa: Patella (Cymbula), Patella (Patella), Patella caerulea, Patella candei, Patella capulina, Patella conoidea, Patella costaria, Patella costata, Patella costulata, Patella crasseradiata, Patella crateriformis, Patella deformis, Patella duclosii, Patella dulcis, Patella flexuosa, Patella glabra, Patella granatina, Patella granulata, Patella gremblichi, Patella hebertiana, Patella hendeyi, Patella hochstetteri, Patella hoffmani, Patella hollebeni, Patella intermedia, Patella jingguensis, Patella laticostata, Patella limatula, Patella longicosta, Patella mateoensis, Patella nelsonensis, Patella nigra, Patella oculus, Patella pennata, Patella peronii, Patella reussi, Patella rimosa, Patella scutatella, Patella sheehani, Patella sparsicostata, Patella striatula, Patella stuarti, Patella subglabra, Patella timorensis, Patella traskii, Patella ulyssiponensis, Patella vulgata
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Angola (1 collection), Namibia (2), South Africa (4)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of South Africa (1)
• Miocene of South Africa (1)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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