†Cellana ampla Lindberg and Hickman 1986 (limpet)
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Gastropoda - Patellida - Nacellidae
Full reference: D. R. Lindberg and C. S. Hickman. 1986. A new anomalous giant limpet from the Oregon Eocene (Mollusca: Patellida). Journal of Paleontology 60(3):661-668
Belongs to Cellana according to D. R. Lindberg and C. S. Hickman 1986
Sister taxa: Cellana capensis, Cellana conciliata, Cellana exarata, Cellana melanostoma, Cellana sagittata, Cellana solida, Cellana tramoserica
Type specimen: UCMP 37421, a shell. Its type locality is UCMP D8945, which is in a Priabonian marine siltstone in the Keasey Formation of Oregon.
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer
Distribution: found only at UCMP D8945
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