Gastropoda - Patellogastropoda - Patellidae
Full reference: J. P. Smith. 1927. Upper Triassic marine invertebrate faunas of North America. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 141:1-262
Belongs to Patella according to J. P. Smith 1927
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 granularis, 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 subglabra, Patella timorensis, Patella traskii, Patella ulyssiponensis, Patella vulgata
Type specimen: Its type locality is Bear Cove, north end and east side of Brock Mountain, which is in a Tuvalian carbonate limestone in the Hosselkus Formation of California
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer
Distribution: found only at Bear Cove, north end and east side of Brock Mountain
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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