Gastropoda - Patellogastropoda - Patellidae
Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1864. Description of the Cretaceous fossils. Geological Survey of California Palaeontology 1:57-217
Belongs to Patella according to W. M. Gabb 1864
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 stuarti, Patella subglabra, Patella timorensis, Patella ulyssiponensis, Patella vulgata
Type specimen: Its type locality is Texas Flat, which is in a Campanian marginal marine sandstone in the Chico Formation of California
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer
Distribution: found only at Texas Flat
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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