Scelidotoma McLean 1966 (keyhole limpet)

Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae

Parent taxon: Emarginulinae according to C. L. Powell and D. L. Geiger 2019

Sister taxa: Agariste, Clypidina, Emarginulina, Emarginulini, Emersonia, Entomella, Fissurellideini, Loxotoma, Notomella, Retshitsella, Rimularia, Rimulopsis, Scutini, Tugali

Subtaxa: Scelidotoma aldersoni

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Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (2: California collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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