Gastropoda - Patellida - Lottiidae
Full reference: D. R. Lindberg and R. L. Squires. 1990. Patellogastropods (Mollusca) from the Eocene Tejon Formation of southern California. Journal of Paleontology 64(4):578-587
Belongs to Patelloida according to A. J. W. Hendy 2020
See also Lindberg and Squires 1990
Sister taxa: Patelloida alticostata, Patelloida ceciliana, Patelloida cryptalirata, Patelloida gradatus, Patelloida inginis, Patelloida mimula, Patelloida pustulata, Patelloida pyramidalis, Patelloida saccharina, Patelloida tejonensis, Patelloida vokesi
Type specimen: UCMP 38523, a shell (external mold). Its type locality is Edmonston Pumping Plant (CSUN loc. 1203), which is in an Eocene shoreface sandstone in the Tejon Formation of California.
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: California collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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