Gastropoda - Patellida - Lottiidae
Synonym: Patella subquadrata Dickerson 1917 [replaced name]
Full reference: G. D. Hanna. 1924. Rectifications of nomenclature. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 13(10):151-186
Belongs to Acmaea according to C. E. Weaver 1942
See also Dickerson 1917, Effinger 1938 and Hanna 1924
Sister taxa: Acmaea (Acmaea), Acmaea campanaeformis, Acmaea cassis, Acmaea dickersoni, Acmaea funiculata, Acmaea geometrica, Acmaea hannibali, Acmaea lineata, Acmaea martinezensis, Acmaea mitra, Acmaea oakvillensis, Acmaea poulseni, Acmaea ruckmani, Acmaea rudis, Acmaea simplex, Acmaea soceni, Acmaea subangulata, Acmaea submesidia, Acmaea victoriana
Type specimens:
- Acmaea ocitatia: CAS 440, a shell
- Patella subquadrata: CAS 440. Its type locality is CAS loc. 181, Cowlitz River, 4mi E. of Vader, which is in an Eocene coastal sandstone/conglomerate in Washington.
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Washington collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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